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Graduate getting prisoner something for breakfast (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bacon

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'something for breakfast' is the definition.
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'graduate getting prisoner' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'ba' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'ba'+'con'='BACON'

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(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Salted pork" , "Salted pig-meat" , "Francis ---, Ir. painter" , "Cured pig-meat" , "Meat - essayist - painter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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