Half staring chap cooked duck soup (8)

I believe the answer is:

gazpacho

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'soup' is the definition.
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'half staring chap cooked duck' is the wordplay.
'half staring' becomes 'gaz' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'chap' is an anagram of 'pach'.
'gaz'+'pach'+'o'='GAZPACHO'

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(Other definitions for gazpacho that I've seen before include "Soup appears" , "dish best served cold" , "Spanish vegetable soup served cold" , "Chop Gaza chop up for soup" , "Spanish soup, served chilled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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