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In bowl, article that may accompany coffee (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

danish

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'in bowl article that may accompany coffee' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'in bowl article' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bowl' becomes 'dish' (I've seen this before).
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'dish' enclosing 'an' is 'DANISH'.

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(Other definitions for danish that I've seen before include "Hamlet's nationality" , "Scandinavian language" , "course includes article / noun combination" , "Native to Copenhagen" , "Like Hamlet or bacon?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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