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Sort of western pie that's cooked, good to be consumed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spaghetti

'sort of western' is the definition.
(spaghetti western is a sort of western film)

'pie that's cooked good to be consumed' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'to be consumed' is an insertion indicator.
'pie'+'thats'='piethats'
'piethats' is an anagram of 'spahetti'.
'spahetti' placed around 'g' is 'SPAGHETTI'.

(Other definitions for spaghetti that I've seen before include "Past eight (anag.)" , "complex interchange just before junction" , "Sort of food" , "Stringed pasta" , "Pasta in long strips" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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