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Practised diner at buffet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trained

'practised' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'diner at buffet' is the wordplay.
'buffet' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'buffeted' mean this).
'diner'+'at'='dinerat'
'dinerat' anagrammed gives 'TRAINED'.

(Other definitions for trained that I've seen before include "Prepared for a task or career" , "Worked out" , "Prepared for race" , "Coached" , "ran along track" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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