Fry a lot, cooking a sausage (9)

I believe the answer is:

chipolata

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'sausage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fry a lot cooking a' is the wordplay.
'fry' becomes 'chip' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cooking' is an anagram indicator (cook can mean to falsify or distort).
'a'+'lot'='alot'
'alot' with letters rearranged gives 'olat'.
'chip'+'olat'+'a'='CHIPOLATA'

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(Other definitions for chipolata that I've seen before include "Type of sausage" , "banger" , "Party snack" , "Small thin sausage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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