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Cooked meal all over plate (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lamella

'plate' is the definition.
(lamella is a kind of plate)

'cooked meal all over' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram.
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'all' written backwards gives 'lla'.
'meal' is an anagram of 'lame'.
'lame'+'lla'='LAMELLA'

(Another definition for lamella that I've seen is " Thin plate".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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