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Bishop and pilgrim fried vegetables (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bhaji

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'fried vegetables' is the definition.
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'bishop and pilgrim' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pilgrim' becomes 'haji' (haji is a kind of pilgrim).
'b'+'haji'='BHAJI'

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(Other definitions for bhaji that I've seen before include "Deep-fried Indian vegetable dish" , "Indian fried appetiser" , "Fried vegetable ball" , "> cake" , "Indian dish of vegetables, especially onion, fried in batter" .)

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