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Food that may be bolted (3)

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I believe the answer is:

nut

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'food' is the definition.
(type of food)

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(Other definitions for nut that I've seen before include "piece of coal" , "Hard fruit; obsessive" , "eccentric type" , "something turned when making fast > food" , "buff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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