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Put down hospital food (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dish

'food' is the definition.
(dish is a kind of food)

'put down hospital' is the wordplay.
'put down' becomes 'dis' (I've seen this in another clue).
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'dis'+'h'='DISH'

(Other definitions for dish that I've seen before include "course" , "Food container; aerial" , "(Food for) serving plate" , "Kitchen container" , "Sky can be seen through this" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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