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Saw stuff taken to European gourmand (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epigram

'saw' is the definition.
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'stuff taken to european gourmand' is the wordplay.
'stuff' becomes 'ram' (ramming is a kind of stuffing**).
'taken to' says to put letters next to each other.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'gourmand' becomes 'pig' (both can mean a food lover).
'e'+'pig'='epig'
'ram' after 'epig' is 'EPIGRAM'.

(Other definitions for epigram that I've seen before include "Brief witty saying" , "Witty or sarcastic saying" , "Short witty remark" , "Snappy piece of wit" , "it might be natural to wag" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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