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Soft, that is, to eat? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pie

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'soft that is to eat?' is the definition.
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'soft that is' is the wordplay.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for piano, 'soft').
'that is' becomes 'ie' (abbreviation for id est, 'that is' in Latin).
'p'+'ie'='PIE'

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(Other definitions for pie that I've seen before include "where blackbirds sang" , "Pastry-crust savoury" , "Very easy answer as" , "Filled pastry" , "In the sky, this is wishful thinking" .)

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