About to consume, he had put in the microwave (6)

I believe the answer is:

heated

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'in the microwave' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'about to consume he had' is the wordplay.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'to consume' becomes 'eat' (eating is a kind of consuming).
'he had' becomes 'he'd'.
'eat' going into 'hed' is 'HEATED'.

'put' is the link.

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(Other definitions for heated that I've seen before include "This type of argument is passionate" , "Brief extract" , "Angry or warmed" , "Angry, getting warm" , "fired" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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