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Appearing to have food (4)

Ross

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pear

'food' is the definition.
(pear is a kind of food)

'appearing to have' is the wordplay.
'to have' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'PEAR' is hidden in the letters of 'appearing'.

(Other definitions for pear that I've seen before include "One fruit sounds like two" , "Conference, perhaps" , "Fruit (maybe Conference?)" , "A fruit; sounds like couple" , "Source of cider" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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