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Deprived of food adverts all over the shop (7)

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I believe the answer is:

starved

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'deprived of food' is the definition.
('starve' can be a synonym of 'deprive of food')

'adverts all over the shop' is the wordplay.
'adverts' anagrams to 'STARVED'.
But, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for starved that I've seen before include "Went without food" , "really hungry" , "Denied" .)

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