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Fast food one regularly consumes (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diet

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'fast food' is the definition.
'diet' can be an answer for 'fast' (dieting is a kind of fasting). I am not certain of the 'food' bit.

'one regularly consumes' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'regularly' becomes 'det' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'consumes' is an insertion indicator.
'i' placed within 'det' is 'DIET'.

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(Other definitions for diet that I've seen before include "prescribed nourishment?" , "Fast - food - convention" , "Prescribed selection of foods" , "Part of regime" , "Health food - Council" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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