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Sauce sent up with a fine dish of rice (5)

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I believe the answer is:

pilaf

'dish of rice' is the definition.
(type of rice dish)

'sauce sent up with a fine' is the wordplay.
'sauce' becomes 'lip' (I've seen this before).
'sent up' is a reversal indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a fine' becomes 'af' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lip' written backwards gives 'pil'.
'pil'+'af'='PILAF'

(Other definitions for pilaf that I've seen before include "Spiced rice dish" , "exotic dish)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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