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Moderate cook is reliable (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liberalise

'moderate' is the definition.
(liberalise can mean to make more moderate)

'cook is reliable' is the wordplay.
'cook' is an anagram indicator.
'is'+'reliable'='isreliable'
'isreliable' is an anagram of 'LIBERALISE'.

(Other definitions for liberalise that I've seen before include "make more free!" , "Enlighten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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