Edible assortment, tasty snacks for starters? (4)

I believe the answer is:

eats

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'edible assortment tasty snacks for starters?' is the definition.
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'edible assortment tasty snacks for starters?' is the wordplay.
'for starters?' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'for starters' mean this).
The initial letters of 'edible assortment tasty snacks' is 'EATS'.

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(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "(Consumes) food" , "meal" , "Sate (anag.)" , "Takes food" , "Tuck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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