Followers have left some quiches (5)

I believe the answer is:

flans

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'quiches' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'followers have left some' is the wordplay.
'followers' becomes 'fans' (fan is a kind of follower).
'have' indicates putting letters inside.
'some' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'left' is 'l'.
'fans' going around 'l' is 'FLANS'.

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(Another definition for flans that I've seen is " Open tarts".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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