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Praise the half-baked won't get? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

well done

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'won't get?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'praise the half-baked' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'half' could be 'one' (I have seen 'Half of two ' mean 'one' so perhaps 'half' could also mean 'one') and 'one' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for well done that I've seen before include "How one might like one's steak?" , "how you might get the chop" , "expression of praise" , "Congratulations - certainly not rare!" , "expression of approval" .)

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