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Maybe Oscar Wilde ate these when out to lunch (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aesthete

'maybe oscar wilde' is the definition.

'ate these when out to lunch' is the wordplay.
'when out to lunch' indicates an anagram.
'ate'+'these'='atethese'
'atethese' anagrammed gives 'AESTHETE'.

(Other definitions for aesthete that I've seen before include "Arty type" , "professed lover of beauty" , "Person with great appreciation of the beautiful" , "Person seeing beauty in art" , "Person of refined taste" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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