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Devours a set recipe (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eats

'devours' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a set recipe' is the wordplay.
'recipe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'set'='aset'
'aset' with letters rearranged gives 'EATS'.

(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "Food (slang)" , "fare" , "Swallows food" , "Munches" , "(Consumes) food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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