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Stirs just over half of food round? (5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

comes to

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'stirs' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'over half of food round?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'food' could be 'e' (E is an example) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'just' is the link.

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(Other definitions for comes to that I've seen before include "Revives" , "After eg heavy blows, recovers" , "hits" , "wakes, and > slows to a halt" , "Makes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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