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Dish of mashed pea all served up (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paella

'dish' is the definition.
(type of meal)

'mashed pea all served up' is the wordplay.
'mashed' is an anagram indicator.
'served up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, going upwards).
'all' reversed gives 'lla'.
'pea' anagrammed gives 'pae'.
'pae'+'lla'='PAELLA'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for paella that I've seen before include "Spanish course" , "Span. rice dish" , "Spanish dish based on saffron rice" , "Saffron-flavoured rice dish" , "Spanish dish of rice, chicken etc cooked in large pan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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