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Male and female for Biblical food (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manna

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'biblical food' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'male and female' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'female' becomes 'na' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'man'+'na'='MANNA'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for manna that I've seen before include "Spiritual nourishment" , "Heavenly nourishment" , "Sweet gum; an unexpected benefit" , "Godsend" , "Divine food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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