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Foodstuff in steam on large overturned barrel (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hazelnut

'foodstuff' is the definition.
(hazelnuts are food)

'steam on large overturned barrel' is the wordplay.
'steam' becomes 'haze' (both can mean a mist).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'overturned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'barrel' becomes 'tun' (tun is a kind of barrel).
'tun' backwards is 'nut'.
'haze'+'l'+'nut'='HAZELNUT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hazelnut that I've seen before include "Filbert or cob" , "Cobnut or filbert" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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