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Sat and finished supper with a bit of cheddar (7)

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I believe the answer is:

perched

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'sat' is the definition.
(perching is a kind of sitting)

'finished supper with a bit of cheddar' is the wordplay.
'finished supper' becomes 'hed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'cheddar' is 'c'.
'per'+'c'='perc'
'hed' after 'perc' is 'PERCHED'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for perched that I've seen is " Sat on a branch".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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