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Stay over with the French and like their food (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edible

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'food' is the definition.
(edible is a kind of food)

'stay over with the french' is the wordplay.
'stay' becomes 'bide' (biding is a kind of staying).
'over' is a reversal indicator.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'bide' back-to-front is 'edib'.
'edib'+'le'='EDIBLE'

'and like their' is the link.
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(Other definitions for edible that I've seen before include "Fit for eating" , "Fit to be consumed" , "Fit to be used as food" , "Eatable" , "suited to diners" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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