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Has meal: taste without starter for cooking (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eats

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'has meal' is the definition.
'eats' can be an answer for 'meal' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'has' bit.

'taste without starter for cooking' is the wordplay.
'without starter' means to remove the first letter.
'for cooking' indicates an anagram (letters prepared or cooked into a new form).
'taste' with its initial letter taken off is 'aste'.
'aste' anagrammed gives 'EATS'.

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(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "Munches" , "Consumes with teas" , "Common grub" , "Gets tucked into the cake" , "Seat (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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