Need to be told what to do with the dough (5)

I believe the answer is:

knead

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'need to be told what to do with the dough' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'need to be told' is the wordplay.
'to be told' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'need' sounds like 'KNEAD'.

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(Other definitions for knead that I've seen before include "Work with finger movements" , "Massage - naked (anag)" , "Work dough or massage flesh" , "Work flour into dough manually" , "Work (dough/clay)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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