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Type of food in a tin, cooked without opening (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tandoori

'type of food' is the definition.
(style of Indian cooking)

'a tin cooked without opening' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'opening' becomes 'door' (a door is an opening).
'a'+'tin'='atin'
'atin' with letters rearranged gives 'tani'.
'tani' going around 'door' is 'TANDOORI'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for tandoori that I've seen before include "Type of restaurant" , "Indian style of cooking" , "Cooked in an Indian clay oven" , "Tornado I found in Indian food" , "Style of Indian cookery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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