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Clots in kitchens, cooking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thickens

'clots' is the definition.

'kitchens cooking' is the wordplay.
'cooking' indicates anagramming the letters (cook can mean to falsify or distort).
'kitchens' anagrammed gives 'THICKENS'.

'in' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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