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Fresh tapas and endless types of European cuisine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastas

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'types of european cuisine' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'fresh tapas and endless' is the wordplay.
'fresh' indicates an anagram.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'endless' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tapas' anagrammed gives 'pasta'.
'pasta'+'s'='PASTAS'

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(Other definitions for pastas that I've seen before include "Italian dishes - macaroni, spaghetti etc" , "Fusilli, Cannelloni and Penne" , "Macaroni,spaghetti and such italian dishes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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