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Free bananas came in savoury paste (10)

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I believe the answer is:

emancipate

'free' is the definition.
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'bananas came in savoury paste' is the wordplay.
'bananas' is an anagram indicator (informal term for mad).
'savoury paste' becomes 'pate' (I've seen this before).
'came'+'in'='camein'
'camein' with letters rearranged gives 'emanci'.
'emanci'+'pate'='EMANCIPATE'

(Other definitions for emancipate that I've seen before include "Set free" , "release" , "Liberate" , "setting free" , "Free from slavery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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