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Crush food consumed around dinner's end (10)

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I believe the answer is:

dishearten

'crush' is the definition.

'food consumed around dinner's end' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'dish' (dish is a kind of food).
'consumed' becomes 'eaten' (similar in meaning).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'dinner's end' becomes 'r' (end of the word 'dinner').
'eaten' placed around 'r' is 'earten'.
'dish'+'earten'='DISHEARTEN'

(Other definitions for dishearten that I've seen before include "Take hope from" , "Bring down" , "Cause (someone) to lose confidence" , "Take away bottle" , "cast down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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