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Father gets a girl to prepare a Spanish dish (6)

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I believe the answer is:

paella

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'a spanish dish' is the definition.
(paella is a type of Spanish dish)

'father gets a girl' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a girl' becomes 'ella' (girl's name).
'pa'+'ella'='PAELLA'

'to prepare' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for paella that I've seen before include "Meal" , "something to eat" , "Spanish dish of rice, shellfish, etc" , "Spanish dish of rice, chicken, seafood etc cooked in a pan" , "Spanish dish based on saffron rice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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