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Servant possibly taking the meal in (6)

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I believe the answer is:

menial

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'servant' is the definition.
(menial is a kind of servant)

'taking the meal in' is the wordplay.
'taking' becomes 'ni' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ni' put within 'meal' is 'MENIAL'.

'possibly' is the link.

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(Other definitions for menial that I've seen before include "Unskilled, degrading" , "Subservient, lowly" , "Humble - servant" , "Servile, low" , "Domestic servant" .)

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