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English team heads to city hall expecting light supper every afternoon (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chelsea

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'english team' is the definition.
'chelsea' can be an answer for 'team' (Chelsea football club). I am unsure of the 'english' bit.

'heads to city hall expecting light supper every afternoon' is the wordplay.
'heads to' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'head to' mean this).
'afternoon' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
The initial letters of 'city hall expecting light supper every' is 'chelse'.
'chelse'+'a'='CHELSEA'

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(Other definitions for chelsea that I've seen before include "bun offered" , "District of London (with famous pensioners)" , "Blue pensioner footballers" , "London district and football club" , "Stamford Bridge team" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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