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Raises idiot healthy eater? (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

jack sprat

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'healthy eater?' is the definition.
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'raises idiot' is the wordplay.
'raises' becomes 'jacks' (jacking is a kind of raising).
'idiot' becomes 'prat' (both can mean a stupid person).
'jacks'+'prat'='JACK SPRAT'

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(Other definitions for jack sprat that I've seen before include "He ate only lean" , "fat-free dieter" , "His wife could eat no lean" , "Nursery-rhyme character" , "he stuck to a fat-free diet" .)

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