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Make bad comments about food prepared for us (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dishonour

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'make bad comments' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'food prepared for us' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'dish' (dish is a kind of food).
'prepared' becomes 'on' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for us' becomes 'our' ('our' means belonging to us).
'dish'+'on'+'our'='DISHONOUR'

'about' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for dishonour that I've seen before include "Slight" , "Shame" , "scandal" , "disgrace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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