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Rotund wild bees are too well fed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obese

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'well fed' is the definition.
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'rotund wild bees are too' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'bees' is 'bese' which is located in the answer.
A single letter 'o' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for obese that I've seen before include "More than podgy" , "Dangerously corpulent" , "Unhealthily large" , "Unhealthily fat and overweight" , "Plump" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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