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Legendary female cook ill right after baking (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

folkloric

'legendary' is the definition.

'female cook ill right after baking' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'after baking' indicates an anagram.
'cook'+'ill'+'r'='cookillr'
'cookillr' is an anagram of 'olkloric'.
'f'+'olkloric'='FOLKLORIC'

(Another definition for folkloric that I've seen is " As legend would have it".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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