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Lied about where cheese comes from? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

deli

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'where cheese comes from?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'lied about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'lied' with letters rearranged gives 'DELI'.

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(Other definitions for deli that I've seen before include "Shop selling processed food products" , "Special shop" , "Specialist foodshop(abbr.)" , "Fine-food store" , "place to buy food" .)

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