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Scoffed at opening of Spam, preserved (7)

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I believe the answer is:

scorned

'scoffed' is the definition.

'opening of spam preserved' is the wordplay.
'opening of' says to take the initial letters.
'preserved' becomes 'corned' (corning is a kind of preserving).
The first letter of 'spam' is 's'.
's'+'corned'='SCORNED'

'at' is the link.

(Other definitions for scorned that I've seen before include "Derided" , "''Hell hath no fury like a woman .. . . . . .''" , "Treated with contempt" , "Dismissed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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