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Henry dined, consuming chicken not thoroughly prepared (4-6)

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I believe the answer is:

half-cocked

'not thoroughly prepared' is the definition.

'henry dined consuming chicken' is the wordplay.
'henry' becomes 'hal'.
'dined' becomes 'fed'.
'consuming' indicates putting letters inside.
'chicken' becomes 'cock' (cock is a kind of chicken).
'fed' enclosing 'cock' is 'fcocked'.
'hal'+'fcocked'='HALF-COCKED'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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