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Soap and food sent in for someone needy (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beggar

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'sent in for someone needy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'soap and food' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'food' could be 'egg' (egg is a kind of food) and 'egg' is found in the answer.
'soap' could be 'bar' (bar soap is a kind of soap) and 'bar' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for beggar that I've seen before include "I ask you!" , "One may entreat you" , "One with no choice?" , "Tramp" , "Pauper who seeks alms" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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