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Some food's outside (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rind

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

'some food's' is the wordplay.
'some' becomes 'rin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'food' becomes 'd' (D is an example).
'rin'+'d'='RIND'

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(Other definitions for rind that I've seen before include "Fruit skijn as of orange" , "Outer layer (of cheese)" , "Hard outer skin, of an orange say" , "Tough outer layer" , "outside" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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