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No amateur cooked pies for salon (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

professional

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'no amateur' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'cooked pies for salon' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'pies'+'for'+'salon'='piesforsalon'
'piesforsalon' with letters rearranged gives 'PROFESSIONAL'.

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(Other definitions for professional that I've seen before include "Skilled career person" , "Not amateur" , "Paid sportsman" , "Expert - one paid in sport etc" , "Skilful, competent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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