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Dispute what young lady consumed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debate

'dispute' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'young lady consumed' is the wordplay.
'young lady' becomes 'deb' ().
'consumed' becomes 'ate' (to eat is to consume food).
'deb'+'ate'='DEBATE'

'what' is the link.

(Other definitions for debate that I've seen before include "Ponder" , "Discuss with opposing arguments" , "Discuss (in parliament)" , "A public discussion about a topic" , "consideration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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