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Condiment male put with hotcake when cooking (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tomato ketchup

'condiment' is the definition.
(tomato ketchup is a kind of condiment)

'male put with hotcake when cooking' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'tom' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'when cooking' indicates anagramming the letters (cook can mean to manipulate or distort).
'put'+'hotcake'='puthotcake'
'puthotcake' is an anagram of 'atoketchup'.
'tom'+'atoketchup'='TOMATO KETCHUP'

(Other definitions for tomato ketchup that I've seen before include "Red sauce" , "Sauce popular with chips" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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