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Provided with food taken back to consume — best or worst (6)

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I believe the answer is:

defeat

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'best or worst' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'provided with food taken back to consume' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'food' could be 'e' (E is an example) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'consume' could be 'eat' (eating is a kind of consuming) and 'eat' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for defeat that I've seen before include "Gain victory over" , "best or worst" , "Get the better of" , "Conquest" , "Win over, frustrate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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