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Food before wine recalled as stew (7)

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chowder

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'stew' is the definition.
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'food before wine recalled' is the wordplay.
'food before' becomes 'chow' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wine' becomes 'red' (red wine is a kind of wine).
'recalled' is a reversal indicator.
'red' reversed gives 'der'.
'chow'+'der'='CHOWDER'

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chowder that I've seen before include "Thick seafood soup" , "Clam stew, soup" , "clammy" , "Thick fish stew" , "Rich seafood soup" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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