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Food ending on bun, hundreds and thousands (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noodles

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'food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'and thousands' is the wordplay.
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'thousands' becomes 'oodles' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'n'+'oodles'='NOODLES'

'ending on bun hundreds' is the link.
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(Other definitions for noodles that I've seen before include "Oriental pasta" , "Pasta ribbons" , "Egg pasta; simpletons" , "Thin strips of pasta for old ones" , "Fools; pasta" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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