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Mutter, being made ill with inn food (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nutriment

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'food' is the definition.
(I know that nutriment is a type of food)

'mutter being made ill with inn' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'being' could be 'nut' (nut is a kind of being) and 'nut' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for nutriment that I've seen before include "It sustains" , "Material providing food" , "diet" , "Sustenance, nourishment" , "Nourishing food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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