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With a bit of luck, a drink and something to eat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kale

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'something to eat' is the definition.
(kale is a kind of food)

'with a bit of luck a drink' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
'a drink' becomes 'kae' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The first letter of 'luck' is 'l'.
'l' going into 'kae' is 'KALE'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for kale that I've seen before include "Hardy cabbage" , "Curly-leafed cabbage" , "Cabbage in a lake" , "Vegetable" , "Crinkled-leaf cabbage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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