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Call source and criticise the pot (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saucepan

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'the pot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'call source and criticise' is the wordplay.
'call source' becomes 'sauce' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'sauce'+'pan'='SAUCEPAN'

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(Other definitions for saucepan that I've seen before include "Cooking utensil" , "pot-boiler?" , "kitchenware" , "Kitchen vessel" , "Cooking vessel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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