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Pasta heaps with last of Parmesan topping (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noodles

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'pasta' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'heaps with last of parmesan topping' is the wordplay.
'heaps with' becomes 'oodles' ('oodles' can be a synonym of 'heaps'. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'last of' says to take the final letters.
'topping' says to put letters next to each other.
The final letter of 'parmesan' is 'n'.
'oodles' after 'n' is 'NOODLES'.

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(Other definitions for noodles that I've seen before include "Thin strips of pasta for old ones" , "On instrument casually plays" , "idiots!" , "Narrow strips of pasta, or slang heads" , "Far Eastern food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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