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Gourmet's dog tucked into English pie (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epicure

'gourmet's' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'dog tucked into english pie' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'cur' (both can mean a despicable person).
'tucked into' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'e'+'pie'='epie'
'cur' put into 'epie' is 'EPICURE'.

(Other definitions for epicure that I've seen before include "Gourmet" , "Lover of good food and drink" , "Person with refined taste in food and drink" , "Person with refined tastes in food and drink" , "Liker of fine food/drink" .)

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