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Examination of figures during a meal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medical

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'examination' is the definition.
(I know that medical is a type of examination)

'figures during a meal' is the wordplay.
'figures' becomes 'dic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'dic' going within 'meal' is 'MEDICAL'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for medical that I've seen before include "Health check-up" , "Declaim (anag) -- health check" , "Of the science dealing with treatment of disease" , "Relating to doctoring" , "Examination of physical health" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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