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Free gig, roughly accommodating 500 for breakfast (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fried egg

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'breakfast' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'free gig roughly accommodating 500' is the wordplay.
'roughly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'accommodating' is an insertion indicator.
'500' becomes 'D' (Roman numeral for 500).
'free'+'gig'='freegig'
'freegig' is an anagram of 'frieegg'.
'frieegg' enclosing 'd' is 'FRIED EGG'.

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for fried egg that I've seen before include "Breakfast favourite" , "Feature of an English breakfast" , "Accompaniment to bacon" , "Yellow and white cooked item" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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