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Vegetarian food and beer with no head? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pinto bean

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'vegetarian food' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'beer with no head?' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'pint' (beer is typically served by the pint).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'no' becomes 'O' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero').
'head?' becomes 'bean' (bean is a kind of head).
'pint'+'o'+'bean'='PINTO BEAN'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pinto bean that I've seen before include "Item of food" , "edible seed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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