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Kind of date in store – belly's out of shape (4-2)

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I believe the answer is:

sell-by

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'kind of date in store' is the definition.
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'belly's out of shape' is the wordplay.
'out of shape' indicates an anagram.
'bellys' with letters rearranged gives 'SELL-BY'.

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