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Duck stuffing belongs to cook, to go with English sauce (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bolognese

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'sauce' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'duck stuffing belongs to cook to go with english' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'duck' could be 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket) and 'o' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'belongs' is 'blognes' which is within the remaining letters.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bolognese that I've seen before include "Pasta dish (from an Italian city)" , "Spaghetti sauce" , "Meat and tomato sauce" , "See 22" , "Spaghetti dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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