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Servant carrying too much soup (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pottage

'soup' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'servant carrying too much' is the wordplay.
'servant' becomes 'page' (a royal servant).
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'too much' becomes 'OTT' (short for over the top).
'page' placed around 'ott' is 'POTTAGE'.

(Another definition for pottage that I've seen is " Soup or stew".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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