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Powdered grain, egg and meat cooking inside of hall (7)

Ross

I think it could be either:

oatmeal

outsell

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(Other definitions for outsell that I've seen before include "Perform better than competing retailers" , "Go faster from store" , "conquer in the market" , "Get more buyers than the competition" , "Be sold in greater quantities than" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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