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Look around the back of larder and eat (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

graze

'eat' is the definition.
(grazing is a kind of eating)

'look around the back of larder' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'gaze' (gaze is a kind of look**).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'the back of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'larder' is 'r'.
'gaze' enclosing 'r' is 'GRAZE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for graze that I've seen before include "Eat leaves" , "Wound on skin" , "Bark (shin)" , "Brush" , "To eat constantly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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