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Urged to give a boy a bit of breakfast (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egged

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'bit of breakfast' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'urged to give a boy a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'boy' could be 'ed' (short for edward) and 'ed' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'egg' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for egged that I've seen before include "Urged in ovoid manner" , "Urged with hen fruit?" , "Urged with ova?" , "Encouraged" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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