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Did this star show inquisitiveness about stewed eels? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

presley

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'did this star' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'inquisitiveness about stewed eels?' is the wordplay.
'inquisitiveness' becomes 'pry' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stewed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'eels' is an anagram of 'esle'.
'pry' placed around 'esle' is 'PRESLEY'.

'show' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for presley that I've seen before include "The king of rock 'n roll" , "Elvis -, US singer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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