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Pub had some food — that's natural (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

innate

'natural' is the definition.
(I know that natural can be written as innate)

'pub had some food' is the wordplay.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (an inn is a type of pub).
'had some food' becomes 'ate' (to eat is to have food).
'inn'+'ate'='INNATE'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for innate that I've seen before include "Inborn in neat way" , "native" , "Inherent or inborn" , "instinctive ..." , "Born" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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