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Criticise Figaro as transparent part (5)

Ross

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roast

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(Other definitions for roast that I've seen before include "Bake" , "Traditional Sunday lunch" , "Berate - cook" , "Traditional dinner" , "Cook (meat) in oven" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Independent.
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