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Retweet about starters of Asian snacks for Sunday lunch (5)

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I believe the answer is:

roast

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'sunday lunch' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'retweet about starters of asian snacks' is the wordplay.
'retweet' becomes 'rot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'starters of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'asian snacks' is 'as'.
'rot' placed around 'as' is 'ROAST'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for roast that I've seen before include "Cook, eg, joint of meat" , "Cooked joint" , "burn?" , "One way to cook meat" , "dish of lamb, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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