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Food for team changing before dance (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meatball

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

'team changing before dance' is the wordplay.
'changing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'team' is an anagram of 'meat'.
'meat'+'ball'='MEATBALL'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for meatball that I've seen before include "portion of food" , "Small globular piece of mince" , "Something to savour" , "Globular food item" , "Food made from minced beef" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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