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Heard employee cooking for brother? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

friar

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'for brother?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for friar that I've seen before include "Mendicant priest" , "Religious man" , "Monk perhaps" , "Mendicant monk" , "..... Tuck was one of Robin Hood's men" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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