Continued with "The amount that wild deer consume" (7)
I believe the answer is:
resumed
'continued with the amount that wild deer consume' is the definition.
'resumed' can be an answer for 'continued' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.
'continued with the amount' is the wordplay.
'continued' becomes 'reed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'the amount' becomes 'sum' ('sum' can be a synonym of 'amount').
'reed' enclosing 'sum' is 'RESUMED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for resumed that I've seen before include "Recommenced" , "got to work on again" , "Started again where one had left off" , "Carried on again" , "came into play again" .)