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Sipped her bubbly after he's prepared meal (9,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shepherds pie

'meal' is the definition.
(shepherd's pie is a type of dish)

'sipped her bubbly after he's prepared' is the wordplay.
'bubbly' indicates an anagram.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'sipped'+'her'='sippedher'
'sippedher' anagrammed gives 'pherdspie'.
'hes' is an anagram of 'she'.
'pherdspie' after 'she' is 'SHEPHERDS PIE'.

(Other definitions for shepherds pie that I've seen before include "Lamb and potato dish" , "Meat-and-potato dish" , "Mashed potato and minced meat, baked" , "Minced meat dish" , "lunch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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