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Dried soup ingredient (se_ed?) (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

split pea

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'dried soup' is the definition.
'split-pea' can be an answer for 'soup' (split-pea soup is a kind of soup). I'm not certain of the 'dried' bit.

'ingredient seed?' is the wordplay.
'ingredient' becomes 'split' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'seed?' becomes 'pea' (I've seen this before).
'split'+'pea'='SPLIT-PEA'

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(Other definitions for split pea that I've seen before include "A stipple (anag.)" , "What's ready to add to casserole" , "Dried vegetable" , "Pulse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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