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Just the food to find favour? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curry

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'favour?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for curry that I've seen before include "Hot spicy dish" , "Highly spiced dish" , "This powder is a mixture of spices" , "food" , "Indian-style dish" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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