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A line bound to be written about Spanish dish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paella

'spanish dish' is the definition.
(paella is a type of Spanish dish)

'a line bound to be written about' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'bound' becomes 'leap' (synonyms).
'to be written about' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'l'+'leap'='alleap'
'alleap' written backwards gives 'PAELLA'.

(Other definitions for paella that I've seen before include "Make stew" , "Meal" , "Al, leap into the Spanish dish" , "Spanish dish based on saffron rice" , "Saffron-flavoured rice dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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