Had food (3)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">had food</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to eat is to have some food)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ate that I've seen before include "Worried" , "Tea (anag.)" , "included in one's diet" , "Consumed food" , "Greek goddess of mischief" .)
(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "Crammed" , "This bread is soon forgotten, it's said" , "dined" , "Taken into the body as food" , "Scoffed" .)