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Relish chicken pad thai regularly (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cocktail

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'relish' is the definition.
(cocktail is a kind of relish)

'chicken pad thai regularly' is the wordplay.
'chicken' becomes 'cock' (cock is a kind of chicken).
'pad thai regularly' becomes 'tail' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cock'+'tail'='COCKTAIL'

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(Other definitions for cocktail that I've seen before include "Harvey Wallbanger, for example" , "snowball?" , "Mixed alcoholic drink or prawn appetiser" , "Mixed beverage" , "Manhattan, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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