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Eat up dish containing stewed mole (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demolish

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

'dish containing stewed mole' is the wordplay.
'containing' is an insertion indicator.
'stewed' indicates an anagram.
'mole' with letters rearranged gives 'emol'.
'dish' enclosing 'emol' is 'DEMOLISH'.

(Other definitions for demolish that I've seen before include "Knock down, a building or argument perhaps" , "Pull or tear down" , "Knock or tear down" , "Knock down, say a building" , "Destroy completely" .)

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