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Judge cooked rarebit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arbiter

'judge' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'cooked rarebit' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'rarebit' with letters rearranged gives 'ARBITER'.

(Other definitions for arbiter that I've seen before include "Decision maker" , "Judge, adjudicator" , "Ref" , "One has the authority to settle disputes" , "Rarebit? (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Sun.
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