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Pasta in strings thrown at the pigs (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spaghetti

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'pasta' is the definition.
(I know that spaghetti is a type of pasta)

'strings thrown at the pigs' is the wordplay.
'at the pigs' can be anagrammed to 'SPAGHETTI'.
However, I am not sure how the anagram is indicated.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for spaghetti that I've seen before include "It's past eight, time for strange pasta" , "Type of pasta" , "Stranded fare" , "Italian food" , "something resembling tangled wires" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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