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One or two, having had the meal, run off (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

numeral

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'one or two having had' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'meal run off' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'meal'+'run'='mealrun'
'mealrun' is an anagram of 'NUMERAL'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for numeral that I've seen before include "Figure representing a value" , "Such as 5, 9, iii, etc" , "1, 2, 3, for instance" , "one involved in maths?" , "1, 2, 3, say" .)

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