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Shop’s fried tofu pakora lacking fire, oddly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outfitter

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

'fried tofu pakora lacking fire oddly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'tofu' is 'outf' which is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for outfitter that I've seen before include "Seller of men's clothing" , "suiting, from him?" , "Men's clothes shop" , "Men's clothing shop" , "One supplies gear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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