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Male cooks dinner for one (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meal

'dinner for one' is the definition.
(dinner is a kind of meal)

'male cooks' is the wordplay.
'cooks' indicates an anagram.
'male' anagrammed gives 'MEAL'.

(Other definitions for meal that I've seen before include "Meat and two veg plus dessert, perhaps" , "Breakfast, dinner or supper" , "Lame (anag.)" , "Eg, lunch" , "Coarsely ground grain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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