Intended fine food shop to roast? (10)

I believe the answer is:

deliberate

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'intended' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'fine food shop to roast?' is the wordplay.
'fine food shop' becomes 'deli' (short for delicatessen).
'to roast?' becomes 'berate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'deli'+'berate'='DELIBERATE'

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(Other definitions for deliberate that I've seen before include "Done intentionally" , "Ponder" , "Well considered" , "Intentional; think carefully" , "Consider - intentional" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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