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Salad type that’s oddly preceding appetisers (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tapas

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

'salad type that's oddly preceding' is the wordplay.
'salad type' becomes 'pas' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'preceding' means one lot of letters go next to another.
The alternating letters of 'that' are 'ta'.
'pas' after 'ta' is 'TAPAS'.

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(Other definitions for tapas that I've seen before include "Pasta (anag) - Spanish bar food" , "Spanish appetisers" , "Spanish bites?" , "What's served in Spanish bar" , "Spanish appetiser" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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