Not yet ready for breakfast? The sauce! (8)

I believe the answer is:

dressing

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'sauce' is the definition.
(I know that dressing is a type of sauce)

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(Other definitions for dressing that I've seen before include "Covering for wound; sauce for salad" , "the early-morning routine" , "Sauce - alignment - bandage" , "Bandage, plaster" , "Mustard" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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