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Uncovered dish with brownies for us (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ourselves

'us' is the definition.
(us refers to ourselves)

'uncovered dish with brownies' is the wordplay.
'uncovered' indicates the central letters.
'dish' becomes 'course'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'brownies' becomes 'elves' ('elf' can be a synonym of 'brownie').
The middle letters of 'course' are 'ours'.
'ours'+'elves'='OURSELVES'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ourselves that I've seen before include "See 16" , "Emphatically us" , "We or us personally" , "Us, reflexively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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