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Food that's good after whisky, say (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scotch egg

'food' is the definition.
(Scotch egg is an example)

'good after whisky say' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'whisky' becomes 'scotch' (Scotch is an example).
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean for example).
'scotch'+'eg'='scotcheg'
'g' after 'scotcheg' is 'SCOTCH EGG'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scotch egg that I've seen before include "Savoury rolled food item" , "teatime fare?" , "Oval food, mainly sausage meat" , "Hard-boiled item in sausage meat" , "One cased in sausage meat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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