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Could be Chinese food mainly at the back (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

far eastern

'could be chinese' is the definition.
(China is a country of the far east)

'food mainly at the back' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'fare' (fare is a kind of food).
'mainly' means to remove the last letter.
'the back' becomes 'stern' (stern is a kind of back).
'at' with its final letter removed is 'a'.
'fare'+'a'+'stern'='FAR EASTERN'

(Other definitions for far eastern that I've seen before include "from Japan, say?" , "Chinese?" , "from the Orient" , "Perhaps Japanese" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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