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You'll never see one dishing food out for the team (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pixie

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'you'll never see one dishing food' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'out for the team' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'for' becomes 'pie' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'the team' becomes 'XI' (a football team, from Roman numerals for pp).
'pie' going around 'xi' is 'PIXIE'.

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(Other definitions for pixie that I've seen before include "Small supernatural being in fairy tale" , "Small human-like supernatural being" , "Elf, imp" , "Elfin fairy" , "Pointy-eared dwarf" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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