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Rover, for example, gets sort of meal that's sweet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caramel

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'that's sweet' is the definition.
(I know this)

'rover for example gets sort of meal' is the wordplay.
'rover for example' becomes 'car' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gets sort of' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'getting sorted' mean this).
'meal' is an anagram of 'amel'.
'car'+'amel'='CARAMEL'

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(Other definitions for caramel that I've seen before include "Shade" , "Cooked sugar" , "Browned syrup" , "It's produced by heating sugar until brown" , "Dark brown substance" .)

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