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A way to cook eggs - divine in cabbage (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coddle

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'a way to cook eggs' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'divine in cabbage' is the wordplay.
'divine' becomes 'DD' (divine can mean theologian eg Doctor of Divinity).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cabbage' becomes 'cole' (cole is a kind of cabbage).
'dd' going inside 'cole' is 'CODDLE'.

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(Other definitions for coddle that I've seen before include "Treat overprotectively" , "Traditional Dublin dish of boiled sausages etc" , "Spoil, pamper" , "Cook (eggs) in hot water - pamper" , "Pamper, over-indulge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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