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One morbidly interested in death, say, remains in a stew (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goulash

'stew' is the definition.
(I know that goulash is a stew)

'one morbidly interested in death say remains' is the wordplay.
'one morbidly interested in death' becomes 'ghoul' (ghoul can mean someone interested in death).
'say' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'remains' becomes 'ash' (remains of a fire).
'ghoul' is a homophone of 'goul'.
'goul'+'ash'='GOULASH'

'in a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for goulash that I've seen before include "Spicy Hungarian stew" , "Stew flavoured with paprika" , "Stew of meat and veg, seasoned with paprika" , "food" , "Hungarian stew of meat and veg with seasoning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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