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Devours a set recipe (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eats

'devours' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a set recipe' is the wordplay.
'recipe' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'set'='aset'
'aset' is an anagram of 'EATS'.

(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "Food (slang)" , "fare" , "Swallows food" , "Munches" , "(Consumes) food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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