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Poets cooked pasta addition (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pesto

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'pasta addition' is the definition.
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'poets cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'poets' with letters rearranged gives 'PESTO'.

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(Other definitions for pesto that I've seen before include "Pasta sauce variety" , "Basil and pine nut sauce" , "Basic sauce" , "Pasta sauce mainly of basil and cheese" , "Green sauce" .)

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