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Greek food spread on a knockout type of bread (11)

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I believe the answer is:

spanakopita

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'greek food' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'spread on a knockout type of bread' is the wordplay.
'spread on' becomes 'span' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'knockout' becomes 'ko' (abbreviation).
'type of bread' becomes 'pita' (I've seen this before).
'span'+'a'+'ko'+'pita'='SPANAKOPITA'

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