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Great sandwich must have a filling (6)

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I believe the answer is:

superb

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'great' is the definition.
(I know that great can be written as superb)

'sandwich must have a filling' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day') and 'per' is located in the answer.
'sandwich' could be 'sub' (sub is a kind of sandwich) and 'sub' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for superb that I've seen before include "Admirable" , "choice" , "Excellent, magnificent" , "First-rate" , "Brilliant, fantastic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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