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One enjoying a good meal after removing a small ulcer (6)

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I believe the answer is:

fester

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'small ulcer' is the definition.
'fester' can be an answer for 'ulcer' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'small' bit.

'one enjoying a good meal after removing a' is the wordplay.
'one enjoying' is an insertion indicator.
'a good meal' becomes 'es' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'removing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'after' with 'a' taken out is 'fter'.
'es' put within 'fter' is 'FESTER'.

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(Other definitions for fester that I've seen before include "Become rotten, bitter or irritated" , "Of wound, become septic and filled with pus" , "Putrefy" , "Ripen and generate pus" , "Suppurate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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