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Cooked in hot liquid, layer containing grease (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boiled

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'cooked in hot liquid' is the definition.
'boiled' can be an answer for 'cooked' (boiling is a kind of cooking). I'm not certain of the 'in hot liquid' bit.

'layer containing grease' is the wordplay.
'layer' becomes 'bed' (bed is a kind of layer).
'containing' is an insertion indicator.
'grease' becomes 'oil' (I've seen this before).
'bed' enclosing 'oil' is 'BOILED'.

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(Other definitions for boiled that I've seen before include "Cooked in hot water" , "Heated to point at which vapour forms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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