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Affray regularly seen after prison food like this

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stir fry

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'food like this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.

'affray regularly seen after prison' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'seen after' says to put letters next to each other.
'prison' becomes 'stir' (informal term for prison).
The alternate letters of 'affray' are 'fry'.
'fry' put after 'stir' is 'STIR-FRY'.

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(Other definitions for stir fry that I've seen before include "Chinese meal" , "Food produced by agitation" , "Cook in a wok" , "Poss. wok-cooked dish" , "Asian dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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