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When upset, youth leaves for lunch? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

salad

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'for lunch?' 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?

'when upset youth' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as'.
'upset' is a reversal indicator.
'youth' becomes 'lad' (I've seen this before).
'as' reversed gives 'sa'.
'sa'+'lad'='SALAD'

'leaves' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for salad that I've seen before include "See 22" , "Cold vegetable dish" , "Cold dish of veg and herbs" , "Mainly raw cold dish" , "Lettuce, cucumber etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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