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Mog given food, though not all — and stroke (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feline

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

'all and stroke' is the wordplay.
'all' becomes 'fe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'stroke' becomes 'line' (stroke can mean a line or bar).
'fe'+'line'='FELINE'

'given food though not' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for feline that I've seen before include "Mog" , "Cat-like" , "Of or like cats" , "Scots dish" , "16 [TOM] perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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