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Gave some thought to food store reprimanded (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deliberated

'gave some thought to' is the definition.
(to deliberate something is to think about it)

'food store reprimanded' is the wordplay.
'food store' becomes 'deli' (I've seen this before).
'reprimanded' becomes 'berated' ('berate' can be a synonym of 'reprimand').
'deli'+'berated'='DELIBERATED'

(Other definitions for deliberated that I've seen before include "Thought so!" , "Considered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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