Cook married a character in a long complicated procedure (9)

I believe the answer is:

rigmarole

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'a long complicated procedure' is the definition.

'cook married a character in' is the wordplay.
'cook' becomes 'rig' (I've seen this in other clues).
'married' becomes 'm'.
'character in' becomes 'role' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.**).
'rig'+'m'+'a'+'role'='RIGMAROLE'

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(Other definitions for rigmarole that I've seen before include "Rambling account" , "Complicated business" , "long, tedious business" , "boring series" , "fuss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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