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Grain used as ingredient of goat stew (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oats

'grain' is the definition.
(I know that oats is a cereal)

'ingredient of goat stew' is the wordplay.
'ingredient of' indicates a hidden word.
'OATS' is hidden in the letters of 'goat stew'.

'used as' is the link.

(Other definitions for oats that I've seen before include "Seed grasses" , "Grains used as food and fodder" , "Cereal plants" , "Porridge ingredients" , "Edible grass seeds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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