Food saint and prophet like (7)

I believe the answer is:

samosas

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'food' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'saint and prophet like' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 's'.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'prophet' becomes 'Amos' (biblical prophet).
'like' becomes 'as'.
's'+'amos'+'as'='SAMOSAS'

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(Other definitions for samosas that I've seen before include "lot of spicy food" , "snacks" , "From parcels with spicy contents" , "Triangular fried pastries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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