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Tied off range of food (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diet

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'range of food' is the definition.
'diet' can be an answer for 'food' (diet is a kind of food). I am not certain of the 'range of' bit.

'tied off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tied' with letters rearranged gives 'DIET'.

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(Other definitions for diet that I've seen before include "Assembly; eat less food" , "Fast - food - convention" , "go without sugar perhaps" , "Restriction of food intake" , "Restricted cheer" .)

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