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Variety of pea put in tins, very tasty (7)

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I believe the answer is:

canapes

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

'variety of pea put in tins' is the wordplay.
'variety of' is an anagram indicator.
'put in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tins' becomes 'cans' ('can' can be a synonym of 'tin').
'pea' with letters rearranged gives 'ape'.
'ape' placed within 'cans' is 'CANAPES'.

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(Other definitions for canapes that I've seen before include "for the party buffet" , "Appetisers" , "food for party" , "Small party eats" , "Savoury spreads on bread or toast as appetizer" .)

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