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Group taking in Romeo for meal (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brunch

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'for meal' is the definition.
(brunch is a kind of meal)

'group taking in romeo' is the wordplay.
'group' becomes 'bunch'.
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'in romeo' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bunch' placed around 'r' is 'BRUNCH'.

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(Other definitions for brunch that I've seen before include "Meal taken before noon, perhaps" , "Mid-morning meal" , "11am meal?" , "combined meal" , "Portmanteau meal" .)

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