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Condiment a little Italian restaur­ant served up touching lip (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tartare sauce

'condiment' is the definition.
(I know that tartare sauce is a type of Sauce)

'a little italian restaurant served up touching lip' is the wordplay.
'little italian restaurant' becomes 'trat' (short for trattoria).
'served up' is a reversal indicator.
'touching' becomes 're' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lip' becomes 'sauce' (both can mean insolence or rudeness).
'a'+'trat'='atrat'
'atrat' back-to-front is 'tarta'.
'tarta'+'re'+'sauce'='TARTARE SAUCE'

(Other definitions for tartare sauce that I've seen before include "Dressing for fish" , "Accompaniment to fish" , "dish accompaniment?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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