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Chosen soup finally handed over (9)

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I believe the answer is:

preferred

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'chosen' is the definition.
('prefer' can be a synonym of 'choose')

'soup finally handed over' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'over' could be 're' and 're' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for preferred that I've seen before include "Chose before others" , "singled out" , "Liked better" , "Was partial to" , "choice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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