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Pops out for something to eat and some flowers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

poppies

'some flowers' is the definition.
(poppy is a kind of flower)

'pops out for something to eat' is the wordplay.
'out' means to remove the last letter.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'something to eat' becomes 'pies' (pies are a type of food).
'pops' with its final letter taken off is 'pop'.
'pop'+'pies'='POPPIES'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for poppies that I've seen before include "Scarlet flowers" , "Sources of opium" , "Large bright flowers" , "Opium-yielding flower plants" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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