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Meal served up? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

high tea

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'meal' is the definition.
(high tea is a kind of meal)

'up?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'up?' could be 'high' ('high' is associated in meaning with 'up') and 'high' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'tea' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'served' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for high tea that I've seen before include "A lofty kind of evening meal" , "Early evening meal" , "Early-evening meal" , "Late-afternoon meal" , "Late afternoon meal which includes a cooked dish" .)

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