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Successor to Oscar Wilde staging primarily juicy stuff (6)

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I believe the answer is:

papaws

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'successor to oscar wilde staging primarily juicy stuff' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'successor to oscar wilde staging primarily' is the wordplay.
'successor to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'oscar' becomes 'papa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'wilde staging' is 'ws'.
'papa' put next to 'ws' is 'PAPAWS'.

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(Another definition for papaws that I've seen is " Items of exotic fruit".)

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