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Flatulent ileitis is partly produced by this vegan food (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lentil

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'this vegan food' is the definition.
'lentil' can be an answer for 'food' (lentil is a kind of food). I'm not certain of the 'this vegan' bit.

'flatulent ileitis is partly' is the wordplay.
'is partly' indicates a hidden word (part of the clue is used).
'LENTIL' can be found hidden inside 'flatulent ileitis'.

'produced by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lentil that I've seen before include "Leguminous vegetable" , "Edible dried pulse" , "Plant - pulse" , "Edible leguminous plant seed" , "Pulse used in cooking" .)

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