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Starved, destined to eat last of scraps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fasted

'starved' is the definition.
(both can mean to go without food)

'destined to eat last of scraps' is the wordplay.
'destined' becomes 'fated' ('fate' can be a synonym of 'destine').
'to eat' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'last of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'scraps' is 's'.
'fated' placed around 's' is 'FASTED'.

(Other definitions for fasted that I've seen before include "Went without food for a period" , "Abstained from food as in penance" , "Didn't eat" , "Ate no food" , "dieted?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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