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Do a meal in a trendy style? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

alamode

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'do a meal' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'in a trendy style?' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a trendy' becomes 'alae' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'style?' becomes 'mod' (I've seen this in another clue).
'alae' going around 'mod' is 'ALAMODE'.

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(Another definition for alamode that I've seen is " Fashionable".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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