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Nietzsche, say, putting away hot eastern dish (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fried rice

'dish' is the definition.
(fried rice is a kind of dish)

'nietzsche say putting away hot eastern' is the wordplay.
'nietzsche say' becomes 'Friedrich' (philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche).
'putting away' suggests deleting specific letters.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'friedrich' with 'h' taken out is 'friedric'.
'friedric'+'e'='FRIED RICE'

(Another definition for fried rice that I've seen is " Accompaniment to Chinese dish".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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