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Savoury dish, lightly cooked, cut into (7)

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rarebit

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'savoury dish' is the definition.
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'lightly cooked cut into' is the wordplay.
'lightly cooked' becomes 'rare' (I've seen this before).
'cut into' becomes 'bit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rare'+'bit'='RAREBIT'

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(Other definitions for rarebit that I've seen before include "Melted cheese on hot toast" , "Welsh food?" , "Melted cheese with ale on toast" , "Dish of grilled cheese on toast" , "Welsh snack" .)

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