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Pasta: large helping beyond comprehension, ultimately (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noodles

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

'large helping beyond comprehension ultimately' is the wordplay.
'large helping' becomes 'oodles' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'beyond' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ultimately' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'comprehension' is 'n'.
'oodles' after 'n' is 'NOODLES'.

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(Other definitions for noodles that I've seen before include "Narrow strips of pasta, or slang heads" , "On instrument casually plays" , "Egg pasta; simpletons" , "Strips of pasta for soup" , "Thin strips of pasta for old ones" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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