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More important kitchen utensil would you say? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greater

'more important' is the definition.
('great' can be similar in meaning to 'important')

'kitchen utensil would you say?' is the wordplay.
'kitchen utensil' becomes 'grater' (eg a cheese grater).
'would you say?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'grater' is a homophone of 'GREATER'.

(Other definitions for greater that I've seen before include "more influential" , "Bigger, larger" , "more imposing scale" , "More significant" , "More renowned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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