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Politician in uneasy truce over what to eat (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crumpet

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'what to eat' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'politician in uneasy truce' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'uneasy' is an anagram indicator.
'truce' is an anagram of 'cruet'.
'mp' inserted into 'cruet' is 'CRUMPET'.

'over' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for crumpet that I've seen before include "Confection for toasting" , "Old nut" , "Cake usually eaten hot with butter" , "Thick soft porous cake - attractive person" , "Something eaten toasted and buttered" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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