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Food offered by witch wearing blusher? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roughage

'food' is the definition.
(roughage is a kind of food)

'witch wearing blusher?' is the wordplay.
'witch' becomes 'hag' ('hag' can be a synonym of 'witch').
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'blusher?' becomes 'rouge' ('rouge' can be a synonym of 'blusher').
'hag' placed into 'rouge' is 'ROUGHAGE'.

'offered by' is the link.

(Other definitions for roughage that I've seen before include "Essential food" , "something that can make your passing more bearable" , "Indigestible material good for intestines" , "Vegetable fibre" , "Indigestible material to stimulate intenstines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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