Festival putting out special meal for me? (5)

I believe the answer is:

eater

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'meal for me?' is the definition.
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'festival putting out special' is the wordplay.
'festival' becomes 'easter' (Christian festival).
'putting out' suggests deleting specific letters.
'special' becomes 'S' (common abbreviation as in Special Air Service).
'easter' with 's' taken away is 'EATER'.

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(Other definitions for eater that I've seen before include "Person taking course" , "Consumer of food" , "Consumer at table" , "diner" , "type of fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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