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Meat-eater swallows English breakfast, say (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tea

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'breakfast say' is the definition.
'tea' can be an answer for 'breakfast' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'say' bit.

'meat-eater swallows english' is the wordplay.
'meat eater' becomes 'ta' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'swallows' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'ta' enclosing 'e' is 'TEA'.

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(Other definitions for tea that I've seen before include "Beverage from leaves" , "A light meal - eat up" , "Afternoon meal (3)" , "Provide a meal" , "Lapsang souchong" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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