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Every now and again, laud nice hot meal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lunch

'meal' is the definition.
(I know that lunch is a type of meal)

'every now and again laud nice hot' is the wordplay.
'every now and again' indicates alternate letters.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'laud'+'nice'='laudnice'
The alternate letters of 'laudnice' are 'lunc'.
'lunc'+'h'='LUNCH'

(Another definition for lunch that I've seen is " Midday meal".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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