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Typical course to eat in (7)

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I believe the answer is:

routine

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'typical' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'course to eat in' is the wordplay.
'course' becomes 'e'.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'eat' becomes 'rout' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rout'+'in'='routin'
'e' put after 'routin' is 'ROUTINE'.

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(Other definitions for routine that I've seen before include "As a rule" , "order" , "Shtick" , "Schedule, standard procedure" , "Regularly performed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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