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Queen perhaps with two words of hesitation for provider of food (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caterer

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'provider of food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'queen perhaps with two words of hesitation for' is the wordplay.
'queen perhaps' becomes 'cat' (a female cat is a queen).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'two' shows that letters should be duplicated.
'words of hesitation for' becomes 'er' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'er' doubled is 'erer'.
'cat'+'erer'='CATERER'

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(Other definitions for caterer that I've seen before include "Provider of food/drink" , "Person who supplies food for social events" , "One providing food and service for a party" , "Provision supplier" , "Provider of refreshments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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