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Dish mostly said to be rustic (8)

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pastoral

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'be rustic' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'dish mostly said' is the wordplay.
'dish mostly' becomes 'past' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'said' becomes 'oral' (both can mean spoken).
'past'+'oral'='PASTORAL'

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(Other definitions for pastoral that I've seen before include "To do with shepherds, or concerned with spiritual guidance" , "Of shepherds or spiritual guides" , "Relating to rural life" , "Well-known symphony" , "Bucolic, rural" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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