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Get weight reduced somehow — cook using this (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

egg white

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'cook using this' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'get weight reduced somehow' is the wordplay.
'reduced' means to remove the last letter.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'get'+'weight'='getweight'
'getweight' with its final letter taken away is 'getweigh'.
'getweigh' with letters rearranged gives 'EGG-WHITE'.

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(Other definitions for egg white that I've seen before include "Meringue ingredient" , "Cake ingredient" , "Albumen, not the yolk" , "Albumen, transparent ovum content" .)

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