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Light breakfast? It's of no great importance (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

small fry

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This could be a double definition.

'light breakfast?' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'of no great importance' is the second definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for small fry that I've seen before include "Little fish or folk" , "Unimportant people like tiny fish" , "Insignificant people" , "Young ones in school" , "Not the full English breakfast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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