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Somehow do a meal according to style (7)

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I believe the answer is:

alamode

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'style' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'somehow do a meal' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'do'+'a'+'meal'='doameal'
'doameal' with letters rearranged gives 'ALAMODE'.

'according to' is the link.

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(Another definition for alamode that I've seen is " Fashionable".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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