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Type
of
food
(French)
that
is
delicious
starter
(5)
Type of food (French) that is delicious starter (5)
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How the clue works
The definition is Type of food — a cooking style, naturally. For the wordplay, build it up piece by piece: French gives you FR, that is gives you IE (from the Latin *id est*), and then delicious starter pinches just the first letter, D.