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Cake and stiff drink fed to cold animal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crumpet

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'cake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stiff drink fed to cold animal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'drink' could be 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink) and 'rum' is found in the answer.
'cold' could be 'c' (eg on taps) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'animal' could be 'pet' (pet is a kind of animal) and 'pet' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for crumpet that I've seen before include "Thick, soft porous cake for toasting" , "Tea cake" , "Thick soft cake eaten toasted and buttered" , "Thick soft cake with a porous texture" , "Light, soft yeast cake" .)

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