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Fine food with party thrown in for a star (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

madonna

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'for a star' is the definition.
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'fine food with party thrown in' is the wordplay.
'fine food with' becomes 'manna' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'thrown in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'manna' placed around 'do' is 'MADONNA'.

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(Other definitions for madonna that I've seen before include "American pop singer" , "pop star" , "Virgin Mary - or American showbiz queen" , "Representation of the Virgin Mary" , "Religious art subject - pop singer, b. 1958" .)

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