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Superheroes never cooking with gas (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avengers

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'superheroes' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'never cooking with gas' is the wordplay.
'cooking with' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked up into a new form).
'never' anagrammed with 'gas' gives 'AVENGERS'.

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(Other definitions for avengers that I've seen before include "1960s TV series with Steed and Emma Peel" , "They retaliate" , "They seek or inflict retribution" , "Agents of retribution" , "Retaliating fighters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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