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Spicy dishes converted to sugar (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ragouts

'spicy dishes' is the definition.
(ragout is a type of stew)

'converted to sugar' is the wordplay.
'converted' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'sugar'='tosugar'
'tosugar' with letters rearranged gives 'RAGOUTS'.

(Other definitions for ragouts that I've seen before include "Highly seasoned stews" , "Dishes" , "French stews" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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