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It can be cooked in ovens (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

venison

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'it can' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'cooked in ovens' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'in'+'ovens'='inovens'
'inovens' with letters rearranged gives 'VENISON'.

'be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for venison that I've seen before include "Deer (as food)" , "Deer meat" , "Type of meat" , "Game" , "Meat - in ovens (anag)" .)

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