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After church, love, Aussie actress look back inside for favourite sweet (9)

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I believe the answer is:

chocolate

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'sweet' is the definition.
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'after church love aussie actress look back inside for favourite' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'church' could be 'ch' (common abbreviation) and 'ch' is found in the answer.
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'look' could be 'la' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'la' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'cote' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for chocolate that I've seen before include "Cacao product" , "Addictive (normally) brown substance" , "Delicious food of roasted ground cacao beans" , "The tasty substance could be a cool cheat 99)" , "The tasty treat could turn out to be a cool cheat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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