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Meal provided by home will include a starter (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

launch pad

'starter' is the definition.
(something which launches or starts a project)

'meal provided by home will include a' is the wordplay.
'meal' becomes 'lunch' (lunch is a kind of meal).
'provided by' says to put letters next to each other.
'home' becomes 'pad' (I've seen this before).
'will include' is an insertion indicator.
'lunch'+'pad'='lunchpad'
'lunchpad' placed around 'a' is 'LAUNCH PAD'.

(Other definitions for launch pad that I've seen before include "explorer's starting place" , "Good place to begin" , "that's a good start" , "Where to use rocket" , "Structure on which a rocket sits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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