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Diet average, I am breaking fast (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parliament

'diet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'average i am breaking fast' is the wordplay.
'average' becomes 'par' (average score in golf).
'breaking' is an insertion indicator.
'fast' becomes 'lent' (Lent is a period of fasting in Christianity).
'i'+'am'='iam'
'iam' placed into 'lent' is 'liament'.
'par'+'liament'='PARLIAMENT'

(Other definitions for parliament that I've seen before include "UK legislature" , "Legislative body" , "Houses" , "Diet" , "Legislative assembly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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