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Leave some food and water (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

farewell

'leave' is the definition.
(I know that leave can be written as farewell)

'some food and water' is the wordplay.
'some food' becomes 'fare' (fare is a kind of food).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'water' becomes 'well' (well water is a kind of water).
'fare'+'well'='FAREWELL'

(Other definitions for farewell that I've seen before include "Archaic goodbye - good luck" , "Departure" , "All the best" , "Cape at the southernmost point of Greenland" , "symphony" .)

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