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African dish put away, returned filled with drink (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tagine

'african dish' is the definition.
(type of North African stew)

'put away returned filled with drink' is the wordplay.
'put away' becomes 'eat' (I've seen this before).
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'filled with' is an insertion indicator.
'drink' becomes 'gin' (gin is a kind of drink).
'eat' backwards is 'tae'.
'tae' going around 'gin' is 'TAGINE'.

(Another definition for tagine that I've seen is " Moroccan stew cooked in a pot with a conical lid".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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