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Team weakens, stuffed with southern hotel's extra food (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

side dishes

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'extra food' is the definition.
(dishes added to a meal)

'team weakens stuffed with southern hotel's' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'weakens' becomes 'dies'.
'stuffed with' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters get stuffed inside).
'southern hotel's' becomes 'sh' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'dies' enclosing 'sh' is 'dishes'.
'side'+'dishes'='SIDE-DISHES'

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(Other definitions for side dishes that I've seen before include "Accompaniments to main course" , "Extra portions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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