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Conduct of consuming interest? (5,7)

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I believe the answer is:

table manners

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'consuming interest?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'conduct' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'conduct' could be 'manners' (manners is a kind of conduct) and 'manners' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'table' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for table manners that I've seen before include "Good eating behaviour" , "Behaviour at meals" , "Meal etiquette" , "Dinner time etiquette" , "A branch of etiquette" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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