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Food and drink from France spiked with drug? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pasties

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'france spiked with drug?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'food and drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'food' could be 'e' (E is an example) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'drink' could be 'pastis' (pastis is a kind of drink) and 'pastis' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'from' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for pasties that I've seen is " Food associated with Cornwall".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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