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Healthy meal as rejected by young fellow (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salad

'healthy meal' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'as rejected by young fellow' is the wordplay.
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'young fellow' becomes 'lad' (lad can mean a young boy).
'as' back-to-front is 'sa'.
'sa'+'lad'='SALAD'

(Other definitions for salad that I've seen before include "One may well be green" , "Lettuce, cucumber etc" , "rabbit food" , "Raw, green, veg" , "Green, potato, Russian or Waldorf?" .)

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