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Criticise cooking equipment (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pan

This clue is a double definition.

'criticise' is the first definition.
(informal term meaning to criticise heavily)

'cooking equipment' is the second definition.
(pan is a type of cooking utensil)

(Other definitions for pan that I've seen before include "Skillet" , "'Mythical god, half man, half goat (3)'" , "A vessel; criticise strongly" , "search for gold and > god" , "hammer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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