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Take to house from food store very shortly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deliver

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'take' is the definition.
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'store very shortly' is the wordplay.
'store' becomes 'deli' (deli is a kind of store).
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'very' with its last letter taken away is 'ver'.
'deli'+'ver'='DELIVER'

'to house from food' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for deliver that I've seen before include "Render" , "Dispatch" , "Bring letter or rescue" , "Consign" , "Set free, provide" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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