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Drunk cook had claret and bitter food (4,9)

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I believe the answer is:

dark chocolate

'bitter food' is the definition.
(dark chocolate is bitter)

'drunk cook had claret' is the wordplay.
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'cook'+'had'+'claret'='cookhadclaret'
'cookhadclaret' anagrammed gives 'DARK CHOCOLATE'.

'and' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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