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Nutritional drink returned here in Rome (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trophic

'nutritional' is the definition.
(trophic can mean relating to nutrition)

'drink returned here in rome' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of drink).
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'here in rome' becomes 'hic' ('here' in Latin).
'port' written backwards gives 'trop'.
'trop'+'hic'='TROPHIC'

(Other definitions for trophic that I've seen before include "as nutrition" , "of food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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