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Cook chicken for ignoramus (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heathen

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'ignoramus' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'cook chicken' is the wordplay.
'cook' becomes 'heat' (I've seen this before).
'chicken' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of chicken).
'heat'+'hen'='HEATHEN'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for heathen that I've seen before include "One who doesn't acknowledge your god" , "Uncultured" , "Barbaric" , "Infidel, pagan" , "Person lacking culture or moral principles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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