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I gather Bevan tasted chemical compound (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nitride

'compound' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Another definition for nitride that I've seen is " Compound".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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