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What diner did with pork pie recipe in drawer here? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atelier

'drawer here?' is the definition.
(artist's workshop - a drawer is someone who draws)

'what diner did with pork pie recipe' is the wordplay.
'what diner did' becomes 'ate' (a diner eats food).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pork pie' becomes 'lie' ('pork pie' is Cockney rhyming slang for a lie).
'recipe' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in medical prescriptions).
'ate'+'lie'+'r'='ATELIER'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for atelier that I've seen before include "Artist's workroom" , "I relate to workshop used by artist" , "room for artist" , "Artist's studio (French)" , "Artist's workshop, studio" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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