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At an awful price, about to get Indian food (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

patna rice

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'indian food' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'at an awful price about' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'at'+'an'='atan'
'atan' with letters rearranged gives 'atna'.
'atna' put inside 'price' is 'PATNA RICE'.

'to get' is the link.

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