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Very thin leek, last to be cooked (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skeletal

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

'leek last to be cooked' is the wordplay.
'to be cooked' is an anagram indicator.
'leek'+'last'='leeklast'
'leeklast' is an anagram of 'SKELETAL'.

(Other definitions for skeletal that I've seen before include "wasted" , "Bony, gaunt" , "pinched" , "Dreadfully thin" , "Like a framework of lakelets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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