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Question importing English dairy product (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whey

'dairy product' is the definition.
(whey is a kind of dairy product)

'question importing english' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'why' (why is a question word).
'importing' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'why' enclosing 'e' is 'WHEY'.

(Other definitions for whey that I've seen before include "Watery constituent of milk" , "Watery part of milk after curd separation" , "Watery dairy product" , "Water separated from milk" , "Part of Miss Muffet's diet" .)

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