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Dog set about starchy meal (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stodge

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'starchy meal' is the definition.
'stodge' can be an answer for 'meal' (I have seen 'Heavy meal ' mean 'stodge' so perhaps 'meal' could also mean 'stodge'). I'm not certain of the 'starchy' bit.

'dog set about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'dog'+'set'='dogset'
'dogset' is an anagram of 'STODGE'.

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(Other definitions for stodge that I've seen before include "Indigestible or dull food" , "Heavy solid food" , "Heavy stuff" , "Heavy, uninteresting food" , "heavy fare" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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