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Understanding about hunger, prepare food here? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

kitchen

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'prepare food here?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'understanding about hunger' is the wordplay.
'understanding' becomes 'ken' (ken can mean someone's range of knowledge).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'hunger' becomes 'itch' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ken' enclosing 'itch' is 'KITCHEN'.

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(Other definitions for kitchen that I've seen before include "In workplace" , "Site of 4 [GAS OVEN]" , "food preparation area" , "Place for cooking food" , "food prepared here" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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