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Food found by sailor after panic? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flapjack

'food' is the definition.
(I know that flapjack is a dish)

'sailor after panic?' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'jack' (informal term for a sailor).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'panic?' becomes 'flap' (getting in a flap is panicking).
'jack' after 'flap' is 'FLAPJACK'.

'found by' is the link.

(Other definitions for flapjack that I've seen before include "American twenty four Ac" , "Oaty biscuit; US pancake" , "Oatcake" , "Flat cake" , "Chewy oat biscuit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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