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Fears to be converted to traditional English food (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roast beef

'traditional english food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fears to be converted' is the wordplay.
'converted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fears'+'to'+'be'='fearstobe'
'fearstobe' with letters rearranged gives 'ROAST-BEEF'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for roast beef that I've seen before include "Traditional English food" , "Sunday meat?" , "Typical English dish" , "Joint" , "Typically 7 down dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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