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Meat found with food picked up from German city (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hamburg

'german city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'meat found with food picked up' is the wordplay.
'meat' becomes 'ham' (ham is a kind of meat).
'found with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'food' becomes 'grub' (grub is a kind of food).
'picked up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'grub' in reverse letter order is 'burg'.
'ham'+'burg'='HAMBURG'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hamburg that I've seen before include "A meat dish named after the city" , "German city-seaport on the Elbe" , "North German city" , "German city and port" , "German state and largest port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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