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Something rude to do is eating very fast (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starve

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'fast' is the definition.
(to fast is to refrain from eating food)

'something rude to do is eating very' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'do' could be 'star' (starring is a kind of doing) and 'star' is found in the answer.
'very' could be 'v' (abbreviation) and 'v' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for starve that I've seen before include "Suffer great hunger" , "Suffer from want of food" , "Deprive of sustenance" , "Deprive of food" , "Die from lack of food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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