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Comes to the point of a peculiar repast? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tapers

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'comes to the point' is the definition.
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'peculiar repast?' is the wordplay.
'peculiar' indicates an anagram (a peculiar or strange ordering of the letters).
'repast' with letters rearranged gives 'TAPERS'.

'of a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tapers that I've seen before include "Narrows towards the end, like a candle" , "Repast with slender candles" , "Becomes gradually narrower as candle may" , "Long thin candles" , "Diminishes gradually" .)

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