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Expecting pudding, he put salad first (2,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

up the duff

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

'pudding he put salad first' is the wordplay.
'pudding' becomes 'duff' (duff is a kind of pudding).
'salad' indicates an anagram (salad can refer to a mixture).
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'he'+'put'='heput'
'heput' with letters rearranged gives 'upthe'.
'duff' after 'upthe' is 'UP THE DUFF'.

(Another definition for up the duff that I've seen is " Expecting".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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