Plan central parts of kids' meal (4)

I believe the answer is:

idea

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'plan' is the definition.
(both can mean an intention)

'central parts of kids' meal' is the wordplay.
'central parts of' says to take the centre.
'meal' becomes 'ea' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The central letters of 'kids' are 'id'.
'id'+'ea'='IDEA'

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(Other definitions for idea that I've seen before include "Light bulb above head" , "Notion in the mind" , "Flash of inspiration?" , "intellectual product" , "Plan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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