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I'm off food and water (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

farewell

'i'm off' is the definition.

'food and water' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'fare' (fare is a kind of food).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'water' becomes 'well' (well water is a kind of water).
'fare'+'well'='FAREWELL'

(Other definitions for farewell that I've seen before include "Cape at the southernmost point of Greenland" , "Goodbye, hope you get on" , "Archaic goodbye or leave-taking" , "Archaic goodbye - good luck" , "Valedictory word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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