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Food drop established in passageway (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lasagne

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'food' is the definition.
(lasagne is a kind of food)

'drop established in passageway' is the wordplay.
'drop' becomes 'sag' (sagging is a kind of dropping).
'established in' indicates putting letters inside.
'passageway' becomes 'lane' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sag' put into 'lane' is 'LASAGNE'.

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(Other definitions for lasagne that I've seen before include "Type of pasta" , "Fool ran as angel (anag) - pasta dish" , "Course" , "The Italian dish is a gas, Len" , "It. dish of pasta, meat and sauce" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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