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Cooking facility provided by most ovens (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stove

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'cooking facility' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'provided by most ovens' is the wordplay.
'provided by' says the answer is hidden in the clue (the answer is provided within the clue).
'STOVE' can be found hidden inside 'most ovens'.

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(Other definitions for stove that I've seen before include "Old cooker" , "Votes (anag)" , "Oven" , "Broke a hole in" , "Cooking apparatus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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