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To finish with I have salad food (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

endive

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'salad food' is the definition.
'endive' can be an answer for 'food' (endive is a kind of food). I'm not sure about the 'salad' bit.

'to finish with i have' is the wordplay.
'to finish' becomes 'end' ('end' can be a synonym of 'finish').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'i have' becomes 'I've' (contraction of 'I have').
'end'+'ive'='ENDIVE'

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(Other definitions for endive that I've seen before include "Salad plant related to chicory" , "Envied (anag.)" , "Portion of salad" , "Plant used in salads" , "Edible plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Irish Independent.
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