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Fine cooked meal, wicked! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fiendish

'wicked' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'fine cooked meal' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'meal' becomes 'dish' (I've seen this in other clues).
'fine' with letters rearranged gives 'fien'.
'fien'+'dish'='FIENDISH'

(Other definitions for fiendish that I've seen before include "Diabolic" , "Very difficult" , "Infernal" , "very hard" , "This Sudoku" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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