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Food -- I love toast (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheerio

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

'food i love' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'cheer' (I've seen this before).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'cheer'+'i'+'o'='CHEERIO'

(Other definitions for cheerio that I've seen before include "Final message" , "Expression used when leaving" , "British romance imprint" , "for so long!" , "A final word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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