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Scooped-out potato: food fit to ingest (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

potable

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'fit to ingest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'scooped-out potato food' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'food' could be 'table' (table is a kind of food) and 'table' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'po' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for potable that I've seen before include "Fit to drink" , "fit to ingest" , "Fit for drinking" , "having healthy water quality" , "Drinkable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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