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Adult prepared tortellini -- a popular pasta, perhaps? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alliteration

'popular pasta perhaps?' is the definition.
('popular pasta' is an example of alliteration)

'adult prepared tortellini a' is the wordplay.
'adult' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'tortellini'+'a'='tortellinia'
'tortellinia' anagrammed gives 'lliteration'.
'a'+'lliteration'='ALLITERATION'

(Other definitions for alliteration that I've seen before include "verse technique" , "Peter practised poetic ploy perfectly" , "Poetic ploy practised with panache!" , "Repeated first letters" , "Successive starts sounding similarly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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