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If you want to make babies, this food will help (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kebab

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'this food will help' is the definition.
'kebab' can be an answer for 'food' (kebab is a kind of food). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'if you want to make babies' is the wordplay.
'KEBAB' is hidden in amongst the letters.
However, I'm not sure how the hidden word is indicated.

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(Other definitions for kebab that I've seen before include "what one may spit" , "Food grilled on a skewer" , "Shish dish" , "Turkish meat dish" , "Spitted and grilled meat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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