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Pub grub like this shouldn't be too fattening (5)

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local

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'pub' is the definition.
(one's local pub)

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(Other definitions for local that I've seen before include "Regional; a pub" , "(Pub) of the district" , "hearing" , "Stopping regularly" , "round the corner" .)

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