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Frenchman with ocarina cooked food (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macaroni

'food' is the definition.
(macaroni is a kind of food)

'frenchman with ocarina cooked' is the wordplay.
'frenchman' becomes 'm' (abbreviation for Monsieur - like 'Mr').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cooked' indicates an anagram.
'ocarina' with letters rearranged gives 'acaroni'.
'm'+'acaroni'='MACARONI'

(Other definitions for macaroni that I've seen before include "Cora and Mina go for pasta" , "Short thick tubes of pasta (8)" , "Omani car (anag)" , "Tubular pasta" , "Type of pasta" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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