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Porridge ingredient originally offered at breakfast, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oatmeal

'porridge ingredient' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'originally offered at breakfast perhaps' is the wordplay.
'originally' suggests taking the first letters.
'breakfast perhaps' becomes 'meal' (breakfast is a kind of meal).
The initial letter of 'offered' is 'o'.
'o'+'at'+'meal'='OATMEAL'

(Other definitions for oatmeal that I've seen before include "Eat loam (anag)" , "Sort of beige" , "Basis of porridge" , "Kind of porridge" , "The material for porridge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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