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Hack food? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

horsemeat

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'hack food?' is the definition.
'horsemeat' can be an answer for 'food?' (horsemeat is a kind of food). I'm not certain of the 'hack' bit.

'hack food?' is the wordplay.
'hack' becomes 'horse' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'food?' becomes 'meat' (meat is a kind of food).
'horse'+'meat'='HORSEMEAT'

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(Other definitions for horsemeat that I've seen before include "food fit for dogs" , "It's not served in most restaurants!" , "source of food adulteration?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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