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Liver and lime spread over cold pasta (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vermicelli

'pasta' is the definition.
(I know that vermicelli is a type of pasta)

'liver and lime spread over cold' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'spread' indicates an anagram.
'over' indicates putting letters inside.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'liver' after 'lime' is 'limeliver'.
'limeliver' anagrammed gives 'vermielli'.
'vermielli' enclosing 'c' is 'VERMICELLI'.

(Other definitions for vermicelli that I've seen before include "Very thin strings of pasta" , "mafiosi can stomach it" , "pasta dish" , "Pasta in thin strands" , "Worm pasta" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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