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Given food — or a hat! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fedora

'hat' is the definition.
(fedora is a kind of hat)

'given food or a' is the wordplay.
'given food' becomes 'fed' (I've seen this before).
'fed'+'or'+'a'='FEDORA'

(Other definitions for fedora that I've seen before include "Felt hat dented lengthways" , "Cover for head" , "Style of hat" , "Brimmed hat with creased crown" , "Or fade away with man's soft felt hat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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