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Roles can be said to put bread in people's mouths (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rolls

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'roles can be said to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'bread in people's mouths' is the wordplay.
'bread' becomes 'roll' (roll is a kind of bread).
'in people's mouths' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'roll'+'s'='ROLLS'

'put' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rolls that I've seen before include "documents" , "Small rounded bread pieces" , "Baps - nice car" , "Bread portions" , "Luxury car - lists of names" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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