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A dish to be promoted as Wellington, perhaps (7)

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I believe the answer is:

gumboot

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'wellington perhaps' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'a dish to be promoted' is the wordplay.
'a dish' becomes 'gumbo' (gumbo is a kind of dish).
'be promoted' says the letters should be written backwards (going up, in a down clue).
'to' reversed gives 'ot'.
'gumbo'+'ot'='GUMBOOT'

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for gumboot that I've seen before include "Waterproof footwear" , "Wader" , "Wellington" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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