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Drunkard went over to thank father for Mexican food (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tostada

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'mexican food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drunkard went over to thank father' is the wordplay.
'drunkard' becomes 'sot' (sot can mean a drunken person).
'went over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'gone over' mean this).
'to thank father' becomes 'tada' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sot' in reverse letter order is 'tos'.
'tos'+'tada'='TOSTADA'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tostada that I've seen before include "Mexican food" , "Mexican topped pancake" , "Crisp 15 down" , "spicy food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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