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Mix for a Hamburger – I will be covered in mush (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastiche

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'mix' is the definition.
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'covered in mush' is the wordplay.
'covered' becomes 'ich' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'mush' becomes 'paste'.
'ich' placed into 'paste' is 'PASTICHE'.

'for a hamburger i will be' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for pastiche that I've seen before include "Imitative artwork" , "Work imitating various sources" , "Work of mixed styles" , "Work of art that imitates the style of a previous work" , "Imitative work of art" .)

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