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Some soup a staple in Italian cookery? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pasta

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'italian cookery?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'some soup a staple' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'PASTA' is hidden within 'soup a staple'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pasta that I've seen before include "Fusilli, conchiglie and penne" , "Tagliatelle, for example" , "Course of Italian" , "Linguine, e.g." , "Fusilli, penne etc" .)

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