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Our veg is cooked? Serious! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

grievous

'serious' is the definition.
('grievous' can be a synonym of 'serious')

'our veg is cooked?' is the wordplay.
'cooked?' indicates an anagram.
'our'+'veg'+'is'='ourvegis'
'ourvegis' with letters rearranged gives 'GRIEVOUS'.

(Other definitions for grievous that I've seen before include "This sort of bodily harms is serious" , "Very severe or painful" , "distressing" , "Deplorable" , "Calamitous" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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