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Fascinated by the canned stew (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enchanted

'fascinated' is the definition.
('enchant' can be a synonym of 'fascinate')

'by the canned stew' is the wordplay.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'stew' is an anagram indicator.
'the' after 'canned' is 'cannedthe'.
'cannedthe' with letters rearranged gives 'ENCHANTED'.

(Other definitions for enchanted that I've seen before include "delighted by spelling" , "Bewitched" , "Captivated" , "Beguiled" , "Delighted, charmed" .)

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