Dry veg cook peeled stews OK (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

very good

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'ok' is the definition.
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'dry veg cook peeled stews' is the wordplay.
'peeled' means to look at the middle letters (outer letters are peeled off).
'stews' indicates anagramming the letters.
The centre of 'cook' is 'oo'.
'dry'+'veg'+'oo'='dryvegoo'
'dryvegoo' anagrammed gives 'VERY GOOD'.

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(Other definitions for very good that I've seen before include "Expression of consent" , "I'll go along with that" , "Excellent" , "First rate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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