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Aubergine served for starters with chicken pasty? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ashen

'pasty?' is the definition.
(both can mean pale)

'aubergine served for starters with chicken' is the wordplay.
'for starters' indicates taking the first letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'chicken' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of chicken).
The initial letters of 'aubergine served' is 'as'.
'as'+'hen'='ASHEN'

(Other definitions for ashen that I've seen before include "Pale (faced)" , "of Tree" , "Bloodless" , "(Of face) pale (with shock)" , "Having gone pale" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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