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Way to halve material used up in store (6)

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I believe the answer is:

larder

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'store' is the definition.
(food store)

'way to halve material used up in' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'rd' (short for road).
'to halve material' becomes 'real' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'used up' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'real' backwards is 'laer'.
'rd' going within 'laer' is 'LARDER'.

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(Other definitions for larder that I've seen before include "Room or cupboard for food storage" , "Cool store" , "Stock of provisions" , "Small room for storing food" , "Place where food is kept" .)

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