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French toast you pronounced in season (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salut

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'french toast' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'you pronounced in season' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (commonly used in online communication) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'season' could be 'salt' (salt can mean to season with salt) and 'salt' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for salut that I've seen is " your health".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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