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Favouring mature fodder (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forage

'fodder' is the definition.
(I know that forage is a type of fodder)

'favouring mature' is the wordplay.
'favouring' becomes 'for' (to be 'for' something is to be in favour of it).
'mature' becomes 'age' (synonyms).
'for'+'age'='FORAGE'

(Other definitions for forage that I've seen before include "sort of cap" , "Look for food" , "Military raid" , "look around" , "Search widely for food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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