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Chicken part new bishop mostly cooked (8)

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I believe the answer is:

wishbone

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'chicken part' is the definition.
'wishbone' can be an answer for 'part' (wishbone is a kind of part). I'm unsure of the 'chicken' bit.

'new bishop mostly cooked' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'new'+'bishop'='newbishop'
'newbishop' with its last letter removed is 'newbisho'.
'newbisho' with letters rearranged gives 'WISHBONE'.

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(Other definitions for wishbone that I've seen before include "V-shaped structure in chicken, turkey etc" , "bit of a chicken" , "Part of bird's skeleton" , "Ibsen who? (anag) - merrythought" , "Supposedly lucky part of a fowl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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