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In the end it might stabilise what sounds like plain Oriental cooking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taileron

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'in the end it might stabilise what sounds like plain' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'oriental cooking' is the wordplay.
'cooking' is an anagram indicator.
'oriental' anagrammed gives 'TAILERON'.

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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