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One who toyed with spoon, breaking food to feed baby? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nourish

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'one who toyed with spoon' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.

'breaking food to feed baby?' is the wordplay.
'breaking' indicates putting letters inside.
'food' becomes 'nosh' (nosh is a kind of food).
'to feed baby?' becomes 'uri' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nosh' going around 'uri' is 'NOURISH'.

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(Other definitions for nourish that I've seen before include "Keep alive and well with food" , "Provide with food for growth" , "I rush on (anag.)" , "Supply with food, keep well" , "[OPPOSITE OF] starve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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