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A French patissier emptied oven to see how dough is before rising (8)

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unproven

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'see how dough is before rising' is the definition.
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'a french patissier emptied oven' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'emptied' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'patissier' with its centre removed is 'pr'.
'un'+'pr'+'oven'='UNPROVEN'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for unproven that I've seen before include "Not demonstrated as true or factual" , "Verdict" , "flat bread?" , "Not established as fact" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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