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Eat too much, so dreaming is awful (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gormandise

'eat too much' is the definition.
(to gormandise is to eat good food to excess)

'so dreaming is awful' is the wordplay.
'is awful' indicates an anagram.
'so'+'dreaming'='sodreaming'
'sodreaming' with letters rearranged gives 'GORMANDISE'.

(Other definitions for gormandise that I've seen before include "gorge" , "scoff like a 28 [PIG] ?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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