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Taken in (5)

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eaten

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'taken in' is the definition.
(take in can mean to eat)

'taken in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'taken' could be 'ate' (eating is a kind of taking) and 'ate' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'en' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "Upset" , "having enjoyed dinner?" , "dinners should be" , "This bread is soon forgotten, it's said" , "absorbed in the system" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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