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Stopping insatiable appetite, nothing beyond a kilo for classic beauty (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greek god

'classic beauty' is the definition.
(god from classical times)

'stopping insatiable appetite nothing beyond a kilo' is the wordplay.
'stopping' indicates putting letters inside (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'insatiable appetite' becomes 'greed' (greed is excessive appetite).
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'beyond' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a kilo' becomes 'kg' ('kg' can be a synonym of 'kilo').
'o' after 'kg' is 'kgo'.
'greed' enclosing 'kgo' is 'GREEK GOD'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for greek god that I've seen before include "Pan, for example" , "dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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