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Team unhappy about LA dish (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

side salad

'dish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'team unhappy about la' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before).
'unhappy' becomes 'sad' ('sad' can be a synonym of 'unhappy'**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sad' enclosing 'la' is 'salad'.
'side'+'salad'='SIDE SALAD'

(Another definition for side salad that I've seen is " Extra dish of lettuce, tomato etc?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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