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Passes across cooked steak (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overtakes

'passes' is the definition.
(I know this)

'across cooked steak' is the wordplay.
'across' becomes 'over' (synonyms).
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'steak' anagrammed gives 'takes'.
'over'+'takes'='OVERTAKES'

(Another definition for overtakes that I've seen is " Catches up on and passes".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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