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Dried food is submerged in water (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raisin

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'dried food' is the definition.
'raisin' can be an answer for 'food' (raisin is a kind of food). I am not certain of the 'dried' bit.

'is submerged in water' is the wordplay.
'submerged in' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'water' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of water).
'is' placed inside 'rain' is 'RAISIN'.

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(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "fruit product" , "Dried fruit" , "Fruit for the Christmas cake" , "Large dried grape" , "sultana, say" .)

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