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US lawyer tucked into French wine and convenience food from India (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vindaloo

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'food from india' is the definition.
'vindaloo' can be an answer for 'food' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'from india' bit.

'us lawyer tucked into french wine and convenience' is the wordplay.
'us lawyer' becomes 'DA' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'tucked into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'french wine' becomes 'vin' ('wine' in French).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'convenience' becomes 'loo' (both can mean a toilet).
'vin'+'loo'='vinloo'
'da' placed inside 'vinloo' is 'VINDALOO'.

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(Other definitions for vindaloo that I've seen before include "hot stuff!" , "Very hot Indian curry" , "takeaway?" , "Indian food" , "very spicy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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