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Certain diet fine in cooking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

definite

'certain' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'diet fine in cooking' is the wordplay.
'in cooking' indicates anagramming the letters (letters processed or cooked).
'diet'+'fine'='dietfine'
'dietfine' is an anagram of 'DEFINITE'.

(Other definitions for definite that I've seen before include "Explicit, positive" , "The is the article" , "Certain, decisive" , "Certain; clearly stated" , "Positive, certain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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