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Smells 50% of food belonging to us (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odours

'smells' is the definition.
('odour' can be a synonym of 'smell')

'50% of food belonging to us' is the wordplay.
'50% of' suggests halving the letters.
'belonging to us' becomes 'ours' (I've seen this before).
'food' halved is 'od'.
'od'+'ours'='ODOURS'

(Other definitions for odours that I've seen before include "Smells and fragrances" , "emanations" , "Smells, redolences" , "for the nose to detect" , "Smells of any kind" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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