Food taken quietly, at leisure (5)

I believe the answer is:

pease

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'food taken' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'quietly at leisure' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'leisure' becomes 'ease' (I've seen this before).
'p'+'ease'='PEASE'

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