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Stir, mixing into after blending, and it’s very good (5-4)

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first-rate

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'very good' is the definition.

'stir mixing into after blending and it's' is the wordplay.
'mixing' indicates an anagram.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'after blending' becomes 'frat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'stir' with letters rearranged gives 'irst'.
'irst' going inside 'frat' is 'firstrat'.
'firstrat'+'e'='FIRST-RATE'

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(Other definitions for first-rate that I've seen before include "Start fire to be really excellent" , "Stir after to be really excellent" , "Prime" , "Top-class, excellent" , "Top-notch, excellent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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