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Heavy, uniteresting food - for example, little Dorothy's turnover (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stodge

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'heavy uniteresting food' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'example little dorothy's turnover' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'little dorothy's' becomes 'dot's' (nickname for Dorothy).
'turnover' says the letters should be written backwards (the letters turn over).
'eg'+'dots'='egdots'
'egdots' in reverse letter order is 'STODGE'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for stodge that I've seen before include "treacle pudding?" , "Steamed pudding" , "Sticky stuff" , "Food that's hard to digest" , "Heavy solid food" .)

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