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Praise pet that's chewed a tasty morsel (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

appetiser

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'a tasty morsel' is the definition.
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'praise pet that's chewed' is the wordplay.
'that's chewed' indicates an anagram.
'praise'+'pet'='praisepet'
'praisepet' anagrammed gives 'APPETISER'.

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(Other definitions for appetiser that I've seen before include "It's served before a meal" , "Hors d'oeuvre" , "Antipasto" , "stimulating food!" , "preprandial treat" .)

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