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Reflective parent seen skewering seafood, will make them hungry (6)

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famish

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(Other definitions for famish that I've seen before include "Keep food from" , "Starve, deprive of food" , "Suffer hunger" , "Weaken (one) with hunger" , "Make very hungry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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