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Food only provided after danger reduced (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rissole

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

'only provided after danger reduced' is the wordplay.
'only' becomes 'sole' ('sole' can be a synonym of 'only').
'provided after' says to put letters next to each other.
'danger' becomes 'risk' ('risk' can be a synonym of 'danger').
'reduced' means to remove the last letter.
'risk' with its last letter taken away is 'ris'.
'sole' after 'ris' is 'RISSOLE'.

(Other definitions for rissole that I've seen before include "Losers I find in the chopped meat dish" , "Small cake of deep-fried minced meat" , "Croquette" , "Lorises (anag)" , "Fried meat/breadcrumb ball" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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