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Chinese meal, say, much different without starter of soup (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yum cha

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

'much different without starter of soup' is the wordplay.
'different' is an anagram indicator (letters placed in a different order).
'without' is an insertion indicator (some letters go outside or 'without' others).
'starter of soup' becomes 'ya' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'much' anagrammed gives 'umch'.
'umch' going inside 'ya' is 'YUM CHA'.

'say' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for yum cha that I've seen is " Chinese meal".)

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