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Boy served up duck in wine in hot dish (8)

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I believe the answer is:

vindaloo

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'hot dish' is the definition.
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'boy served up duck in wine in' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'lad' (informal term for boy).
'served up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'duck in' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'wine' becomes 'vino' (synonyms).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'lad' in reverse letter order is 'dal'.
'dal'+'o'='dalo'
'dalo' placed into 'vino' is 'VINDALOO'.

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(Other definitions for vindaloo that I've seen before include "Curry dish -- Avon lido (anag)" , "Highly-spiced Indian curry" , "very spicy" , "Indian food" , "Type of hot curry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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