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Scandinavian food tucked into by a knight on board (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

danish

'scandinavian' is the definition.
(Danish is an example)

'food tucked into by a knight on board' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'dish' (dish is a kind of food).
'tucked into by' indicates putting letters inside.
'knight on board' becomes 'N' (chess abbreviation for knight).
'a'+'n'='an'
'dish' going around 'an' is 'DANISH'.

(Other definitions for danish that I've seen before include "Relating to one from Copenhagen, say" , "Scandinavian language" , "Native to Copenhagen" , "Popular piece of pastry" , "Like Hans Andersen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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