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Local food given to contrary child at hotel (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nosh

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'local food' is the definition.
'nosh' can be an answer for 'food' (nosh is a kind of food). I am not sure about the 'local' bit.

'contrary child at hotel' is the wordplay.
'contrary' is a reversal indicator.
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'son' back-to-front is 'nos'.
'nos'+'h'='NOSH'

'given to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nosh that I've seen before include "Slangy food or meal" , "cuisine" , "Food (sl.)" , "A slang meal" , "(Eat) a snack" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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