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Pea to augment soup (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mangetout

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'pea' is the definition.
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'to augment soup' is the wordplay.
'soup' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'augment'='toaugment'
'toaugment' is an anagram of 'MANGETOUT'.

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(Other definitions for mangetout that I've seen before include "vegetables" , "Vegetable" , "Edible pea pods" , "Type of pea" , "Sugar peas" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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