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Light meal Penny had cooked (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headlamp

'light' is the definition.
(headlamp is a kind of light)

'meal penny had cooked' is the wordplay.
'penny' becomes 'p'.
'cooked' is an anagram indicator.
'meal'+'p'+'had'='mealphad'
'mealphad' is an anagram of 'HEADLAMP'.

(Another definition for headlamp that I've seen is " Chief light on car".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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