Namely repaid for collected food (9)

I believe the answer is:

scavenged

'collected food' is the definition.
(scavenge can mean to search for food)

'namely repaid' is the wordplay.
'namely' becomes 'sc' (I've seen this in other clues).
'repaid' becomes 'avenged' (avengement is a kind of payback).
'sc'+'avenged'='SCAVENGED'

'for' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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