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Unappetising food set dog off (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stodge

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'unappetising food' is the definition.
'stodge' can be an answer for 'food' (stodge is a kind of food). I am not certain of the 'unappetising' bit.

'set dog off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'set'+'dog'='setdog'
'setdog' anagrammed gives 'STODGE'.

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(Other definitions for stodge that I've seen before include "Food that's hard to digest" , "treacle pudding?" , "Heavy filling food" , "Sticky stuff" , "Heavy, uninteresting food" .)

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