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Breakfast item that's a load of rubbish? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

waffle

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'breakfast item' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for waffle that I've seen before include "that you may have at breakfast, say" , "blather" , "Breakfast item - go on and on" , "Crisp pancake with indents on both sides - talk aimlessly" , "Cake with grid-like surface" .)

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