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Produced staple food, say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bred

'produced' is the definition.
(breeding is a kind of producing)

'staple food say' is the wordplay.
'staple food' becomes 'bread' (I've seen this before).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'bread' sounds like 'BRED'.

(Other definitions for bred that I've seen before include "Brought forth" , "Gave rise to" , "Procreated" , "Very (music)" , "Reared" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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