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Nothing wrong with the last thing that is used for a soup? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

oxtail

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'a soup?' is the definition.
(oxtail soup is a kind of soup)

'nothing wrong with the last thing' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'wrong' becomes 'x' (X is used to mark something as incorrect).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the last thing' becomes 'tail' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'o'+'x'+'tail'='OXTAIL'

'that is used for' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for oxtail that I've seen before include "A brown soup" , "Cattle appendage used to make tasty soup" , "Soup base" , "Soup ingredient" , "Part of cattle, used especially in soup" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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