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Fellow consumer? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

cannibal

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'fellow consumer?' is the definition.
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'fellow' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fellow' could be 'al' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'al' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for cannibal that I've seen before include "One who eats its own species" , "Person eating human flesh" , "Person who has someone for dinner?" , "Eater of one's own kind" , "Person who eats human flesh" .)

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