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Get a nice pot with no end of decoration for cooking meat dish (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cottage pie

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'dish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'get a nice pot with no end of decoration for cooking meat' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'get' is 'tge' which is present in the remaining letters.
an anagram of 'pot' is 'otp' which is present in the remaining letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for cottage pie that I've seen before include "Mash-topped dish" , "homely dish" , "Dish of minced meat topped with mashed potato" , "Minced beef topped with mashed potato" , "Mince/mashed potato dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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