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Not a difficult thing to eat? (5,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piece of cake

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'not a difficult thing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'eat?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'eat?' could be 'piece' (piecing is a kind of eating) and 'piece' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for piece of cake that I've seen before include "slice?" , "Part of Madeira perhaps" , "one can sail through?" , "Easy task" , "It's easy (to eat)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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