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Back in Newquay, a pasty I served up, as it were (2,1,3)

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2,1,3

in a way

'as it were' is the definition.
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'back in newquay a pasty i served up' is the wordplay.
'back in' suggests the final letters (the 'back' of the word).
'pasty' becomes 'wan' (synonyms).
'served up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, going upwards).
The last letter of 'newquay' is 'y'.
'y'+'a'+'wan'+'i'='yawani'
'yawani' in reverse letter order is 'IN A WAY'.

(Other definitions for in a way that I've seen before include "as one might see it" , "In some respects, to a limited extent" , "somehow" , "from one point of view" , "To some degree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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