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Friend took food for sense of taste (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palate

'sense of taste' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'friend took food' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal is a kind of friend).
'took food' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this before).
'pal'+'ate'='PALATE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for palate that I've seen before include "where taste is considered" , "Liking" , "One may savour" , "Sense of taste at roof of mouth" , "part of trap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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