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Opportunity to get a Chinese with some rice? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chance

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'opportunity' is the definition.
('chance' can be a synonym of 'opportunity')

'get a chinese with some rice?' is the wordplay.
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a chinese' becomes 'ch' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with some rice?' becomes 'ance' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ch'+'ance' is 'CHANCE'.

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(Other definitions for chance that I've seen before include "Coincidence" , "I wish (but it won't happen!)" , "The way things happen, luck" , "Luck - opportunity" , "Possibility of something happening" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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