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Improvises stir-fry ingredient (7)

Ross

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noodles

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(Other definitions for noodles that I've seen before include "On instrument casually plays" , "Simpletons (colloq.)" , "idiots!" , "Narrow strips of pasta, or slang heads" , "Egg pasta; simpletons" .)

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