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Some hot concoction to start with that's tasty (9)

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toothsome

'that's tasty' is the definition.
(toothsome can mean tasty or delicious)

'some hot concoction to start' is the wordplay.
'concoction' indicates anagramming the letters.
'start' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'some'+'hot'='somehot'
'somehot' is an anagram of 'othsome'.
'othsome' after 'to' is 'TOOTHSOME'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for toothsome that I've seen before include "It's just like a T-Rex" , "Inviting" , "attractive" , "Pleasing" , "Temptingly tasty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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