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Food that's green fed to insect (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aliment

'food' is the definition.
(I know that aliment is a type of food)

'green fed to insect' is the wordplay.
'green' becomes 'lime' (lime is a shade of green).
'fed to' is an insertion indicator.
'insect' becomes 'ant' (ant is a kind of insect).
'lime' placed inside 'ant' is 'ALIMENT'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for aliment that I've seen before include "Nourishment" , "Something which nourishes - meal tin (anag)" , "Old word for food" , "Sustenance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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