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Cookware from Spooner's inquisitive admirer (6-3)

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I believe the answer is:

frying pan

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'cookware' is the definition.
(frying pan is a kind of cookware)

'from spooner's inquisitive admirer' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for frying pan that I've seen before include "Kitchen item" , "Don't get out of this to land in the fire" , "Kitchen utensil" , "One found in kitchen" , "One used to cook breakfast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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