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Relative picked up hot snack (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nosh

'snack' is the definition.
(nosh can mean food)

'relative picked up hot' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'son' (son is a kind of relative).
'picked up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'son' written backwards gives 'nos'.
'nos'+'h'='NOSH'

(Other definitions for nosh that I've seen before include "Slangy food or meal" , "Food (Yiddish)" , "Eat (sl.)" , "Scoff" , "A slang meal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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