Offering dinner, get cooking (9)
I believe the answer is:
tendering
'offering' is the definition.
('tender' can be a synonym of 'offer')
'dinner get cooking' is the wordplay.
'cooking' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dinner'+'get'='dinnerget'
'dinnerget' with letters rearranged gives 'TENDERING'.
(Another definition for tendering that I've seen is " Offering".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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