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Suffer from hunger? Harvest bananas first off (6)

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starve

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(Other definitions for starve that I've seen before include "Become famished" , "Deprive of food" , "Suffer from lack of food" , "Deprive of sustenance" , "Die of hunger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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