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Prepared toast, free sample (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foretaste

'sample' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'prepared toast free' is the wordplay.
'prepared' is an anagram indicator.
'toast'+'free'='toastfree'
'toastfree' with letters rearranged gives 'FORETASTE'.

(Other definitions for foretaste that I've seen before include "A sample of what could be" , "Sample of something that lies ahead" , "Appetiser" , "Early experience" , "Sample of something to come" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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