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Starters from Tijuana a connois­seur of chilli's taken with it­ (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

taco chip

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'starters from tijuana a connoisseur of chilli's taken with it' is the definition.
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'starters from tijuana a connoisseur of chilli's taken with it' is the wordplay.
'starters from' says to take the initial letters.
'connoisseur of chilli' becomes 'coc' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'taken' says to put letters next to each other.
'with it' becomes 'hip' (I've seen this in another clue).
The initial letter of 'tijuana' is 't'.
't'+'a'+'coc'+'hip'='TACO CHIP'

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