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Distribute pies; send cooked (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dispense

'distribute' is the definition.
(I know that distribute can be written as dispense)

'pies send cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'pies'+'send'='piessend'
'piessend' anagrammed gives 'DISPENSE'.

(Other definitions for dispense that I've seen before include "let off?" , "Supply (prescription)" , "Deal out - needs sip (anag)" , "Deal out or distribute" , "Excuse" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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