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Accompaniments for dish: order smells terrible! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trimmings

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'accompaniments' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Traditional accompaniments' mean 'trimmings' so perhaps 'accompaniments' could also mean 'trimmings')

'dish order smells terrible' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'order' could be 'trim' (trim is a kind of order) and 'trim' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'mings' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for trimmings that I've seen before include "that are cut off" , "Traditional accompaniments" , "Accoutrements" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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