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Food items hungrily licked? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chops

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'food items hungrily licked?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'food items hungrily' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'chop' (chop is a kind of food).
'items hungrily' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'chop'+'s'='CHOPS'

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(Other definitions for chops that I've seen before include "Cuts of meat including part of a rib" , "trap" , "Hacks" , "Axes" , "Cuts; slices of meat" .)

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