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With arm on the counter, obtains fast food (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nuggets

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'with arm on the counter obtains fast food' is the definition.
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'with arm on the counter obtains' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'arm' becomes 'gun' (gun is a kind of arm).
'on the counter' is a reversal indicator (counter can mean in the opposite direction).
'obtains' becomes 'gets' ('get' can be a synonym of 'obtain').
'gun' in reverse letter order is 'nug'.
'nug'+'gets' is 'NUGGETS'.

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(Other definitions for nuggets that I've seen before include "Solid lumps of a precious metal" , "Small lumps of gold" , "Lumps of metal like gold" .)

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