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Eight pats provided for this pasta (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spaghetti

'this pasta' is the definition.
(spaghetti is a kind of pasta)

'eight pats provided' is the wordplay.
'provided' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'provide' mean this).
'eight'+'pats'='eightpats'
'eightpats' is an anagram of 'SPAGHETTI'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for spaghetti that I've seen before include "Strings of pastas" , "meal" , "Long thin pasta" , "Birmingham interchange" , "Stranded fare" .)

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