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Contribution to the regimental salad, say? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

radish

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'contribution' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'the regimental salad say?' is the wordplay.
'the regimental' becomes 'ra' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'salad say?' becomes 'dish' (salad is a kind of dish).
'ra'+'dish'='RADISH'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for radish that I've seen before include "Plant with crisp root eaten raw" , "Sir had this vegetable" , "Daikon or mooli" , "Edible small root" , "Pungent, red salad vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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