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Newly licensed, eats food here? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delicatessen

'food here?' is the definition.
(place which sells food)

'newly licensed eats' is the wordplay.
'newly' indicates an anagram.
'licensed'+'eats'='licensedeats'
'licensedeats' is an anagram of 'DELICATESSEN'.

(Other definitions for delicatessen that I've seen before include "Shop selling unusual or foreign prepared food" , "Shop selling specialist foods" , "Fine foods shop" , "where to get fare from abroad" , "Here one gets exotic foods" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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