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Does eating it make one wise? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

sage

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'one wise?' is the definition.
(I know this)

'does eating it' is the wordplay.
'does eating' becomes 'sag' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'sag'+'e'='SAGE'

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(Other definitions for sage that I've seen before include "___ and onion" , "Learned" , "Herb for the wise one" , "A herb or a guru" , "Culinary herb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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