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Gas temperature set by wheat chef cooked (4,3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

chew the fat

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'gas' is the definition.
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'temperature set by wheat chef cooked' is the wordplay.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'set by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'wheat'+'chef'='wheatchef'
'wheatchef' is an anagram of 'chewthefa'.
't' after 'chewthefa' is 'CHEW THE FAT'.

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(Other definitions for chew the fat that I've seen before include "Shoot the breeze?" , "Jack Sprat's wife would!" , "Talk socially" , "Argue incessantly" , "Indulge in idle conversation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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