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Basic yam/fig recipe produced, seemingly, out of nothing (2,2,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

as if by magic

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'basic yamfig recipe produced seemingly out of nothing' is the definition.
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'basic yamfig recipe' is the wordplay.
'recipe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'basic'+'yamfig'='basicyamfig'
'basicyamfig' is an anagram of 'AS IF BY MAGIC'.

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