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Family sitting round large oven (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kiln

'oven' is the definition.
(kiln is a kind of oven)

'family sitting round large' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'kin' ('kin' can be a synonym of 'family'**).
'sitting round' is an insertion indicator.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'kin' placed around 'l' is 'KILN'.

(Other definitions for kiln that I've seen before include "Potter's Friend" , "Oven for firing ceramics etc" , "Pottery furnace" , "Large oven, for potters say" , "Furnace for firing bricks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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