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Explosive and endlessly powerful European dish (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minestrone

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'dish' is the definition.
(minestrone is a kind of dish)

'explosive and endlessly powerful european' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'explosive' could be 'mine' (e.g. a landmine) and 'mine' is located in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for minestrone that I've seen before include "Dish" , "Item on menu" , "Italian soup" , "liquid mixture" , "A starter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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