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Type of bread from the east -- and from the west (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naan

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'type of bread from the east' is the definition.

'and from the west' is the wordplay.
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'from the west' becomes 'aan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'n'+'aan'='NAAN'

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(Other definitions for naan that I've seen before include "Indian food" , "Indian bread shaped like a teardrop" , "Indian leavened bread" , "foreign food" , "Slightly leavened bread" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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