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Green divorcee consumed by exotic recipe in end (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inexperienced

'green' is the definition.
('inexperienced' can be similar in meaning to 'green')

'divorcee consumed by exotic recipe in end' is the wordplay.
'divorcee' becomes 'ex' (I've seen this in other clues).
'consumed by' is an insertion indicator.
'exotic' is an anagram indicator.
'recipe'+'in'+'end'='recipeinend'
'recipeinend' with letters rearranged gives 'inperienced'.
'ex' going into 'inperienced' is 'INEXPERIENCED'.

(Other definitions for inexperienced that I've seen before include "unqualified" , "Green; lacking skill" , "Green, naive" , "Raw, green" , "Callow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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