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Cured pork pate can't spread (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pancetta

'cured pork' is the definition.
(I know this)

'pate can't spread' is the wordplay.
'spread' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pate'+'cant'='patecant'
'patecant' with letters rearranged gives 'PANCETTA'.

(Another definition for pancetta that I've seen is " Italian cured belly of pork".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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