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Chuck fish food (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dumpling

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'food' is the definition.
(dumpling is a kind of food)

'chuck fish' is the wordplay.
'chuck' becomes 'dump' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'dump'+'ling'='DUMPLING'

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(Other definitions for dumpling that I've seen before include "Dough served with stew" , "Suet ball in e.g. stew" , "Stew doughball" , "Boiled dough ball" , "a little fatty!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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