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Football supporter possibly consuming large tart (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flan

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

'football supporter possibly consuming large' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is found within the answer.
'supporter' could be 'fan' (fan is a kind of supporter) and 'fan' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for flan that I've seen before include "Flat open tart" , "Open-topped pastry dish" , "dish, sweet or savoury" , "Open pastry case with savoury filling" , "Quiche-like dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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