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Real pasta cooked in old Greek wrestling school (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palaestra

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'wrestling school' is the definition.
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'real pasta cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram.
'real'+'pasta'='realpasta'
'realpasta' with letters rearranged gives 'PALAESTRA'.

'in old greek' is the link.
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(Other definitions for palaestra that I've seen before include "In old athletics arena" , "Greek training school" , "gymnasium" .)

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