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Later time for meals or food generally (4)

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I believe the answer is:

eats

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'later time for meals' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'food generally' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'eat' (I've seen this in other clues).
'generally' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eat'+'s'='EATS'

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "Seat (anag.)" , "bits of food" , "snacks" , "Commonly, they eliminate" , "Food (slang)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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