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Fries joints after starter of consomme (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chips

'fries' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'joints after starter of consomme' is the wordplay.
'joints' becomes 'hips' (hip is a kind of joint).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'starter of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'consomme' is 'c'.
'hips' after 'c' is 'CHIPS'.

(Other definitions for chips that I've seen before include "Flakes" , "fast food?" , "Fried potato strips" , "Gambling counters" , "Silicon wafers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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