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Food for stolen animals (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hot dogs

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'food' is the definition.
(hot dogs are a type of food)

'stolen animals' is the wordplay.
'stolen' becomes 'hot' (stolen goods are 'hot').
'animals' becomes 'dogs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hot'+'dogs'='HOT-DOGS'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hot dogs that I've seen before include "performs tricks in New York" , "Fast food items - sweaty hounds?" .)

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