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Seasoned as sulphur gets dealt out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salted

'seasoned' is the definition.
(salting is a kind of seasoning)

'sulphur gets dealt out' is the wordplay.
'sulphur' becomes 's' (synonyms).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'dealt' with letters rearranged gives 'alted'.
's'+'alted'='SALTED'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for salted that I've seen before include "Lasted, being preserved" , "Like some nuts" , "cured" , "Seasoned, given piquancy; (of meat) preserved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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