Terribly poor, given food and protected from the rain (7)
I believe the answer is:
proofed
'protected from the rain' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'terribly poor given food' is the wordplay.
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'given food' becomes 'fed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'poor' anagrammed gives 'proo'.
'proo'+'fed'='PROOFED'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for proofed that I've seen is " Checked".)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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