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Dog’s breakfast is very much rib chops essentially (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

farrago

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'dog's breakfast' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'very much rib chops essentially' is the wordplay.
'very much' becomes 'far' (I've seen this before).
'rib' becomes 'rag' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'essentially' says to take the centre.
The central letter of 'chops' is 'o'.
'far'+'rag'+'o'='FARRAGO'

'is' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for farrago that I've seen before include "Confusion" , "disorganised affair" , "Mish-mash" , "Mix" , "confused situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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