Boy given prescribed food endlessly (5)

I believe the answer is:

eddie

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'boy given prescribed food endlessly' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'boy given prescribed food endlessly' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'edd' ().
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'prescribed food' becomes 'diet' (I've seen this before).
'endlessly' says to take the centre (the ends of the words are removed).
The centre of 'diet' is 'ie'.
'edd'+'ie'='EDDIE'

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(Other definitions for eddie that I've seen before include "- Cochran, US singer" , "Fellow" , "Boy" , "-- the Eagle, ski jumper" , "-- Izzard, comedian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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