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Fruit stuffed with half of rice — quite like a regular meal is it? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squarish

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'quite like a regular meal is it?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'fruit stuffed with half of rice' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'squash' (I've seen this before).
'stuffed with' is an insertion indicator (some letters get stuffed inside).
'half of' indicates taking half.
'rice' cut in half is 'ri'.
'squash' going around 'ri' is 'SQUARISH'.

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(Another definition for squarish that I've seen is " Quite regular".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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