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Hungry Amish given meal outside (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

famished

'hungry' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'amish given meal outside' is the wordplay.
'given meal' becomes 'fed'.
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'amish' placed inside 'fed' is 'FAMISHED'.

(Other definitions for famished that I've seen before include "Ma fished, being starved" , "Extremely hungry" , "Is fed ham, being very hungry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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