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Creepy-crawly prepared decent pie (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

centipede

'creepy-crawly' is the definition.
(centipede is a kind of invertebrate)

'prepared decent pie' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'decent'+'pie'='decentpie'
'decentpie' is an anagram of 'CENTIPEDE'.

(Other definitions for centipede that I've seen before include "Multi-legged crawler" , "Many-legged insect" , "Many-legged creature" , "Small carnivore" , "One crawling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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