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Cook comes with crisp or golden chip (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

microprocessor

'chip' is the definition.
(microprocessor is a kind of chip)

'cook comes with crisp or golden' is the wordplay.
'cook' indicates an anagram.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'golden' becomes 'or'.
'crisp'+'or'='crispor'
'comes' after 'crispor' is 'crisporcomes'.
'crisporcomes' is an anagram of 'microprocess'.
'microprocess'+'or'='MICROPROCESSOR'

(Other definitions for microprocessor that I've seen before include "Computer CPU" , "Computer's core" , "Computer core" , "Computer's integrated circuit" , "chip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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