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Open a delicacy reviewed in reference work (13)

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I believe the answer is:

encyclopaedia

'reference work' is the definition.
(encyclopaedia is a kind of reference work)

'open a delicacy reviewed' is the wordplay.
'reviewed' indicates an anagram (letters reviewed or revised).
'open'+'a'+'delicacy'='openadelicacy'
'openadelicacy' is an anagram of 'ENCYCLOPAEDIA'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for encyclopaedia that I've seen before include "Reference book on branches of knowledge" , "Large book of general knowledge" , "Book covering whole range of knowledge" , "Large reference book" , "Large reference work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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