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Highly praise some pastry (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puff

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This clue could be a double definition.

'highly praise' is the first definition.
'puff' can be an answer for 'praise' (puffing is a kind of praising). I'm unsure of the 'highly' bit.

'some pastry' is the second definition.
(puff is a kind of pastry)

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(Other definitions for puff that I've seen before include "Smoke - light pastry" , "Short burst of wind" , "publicity" , "Short explosive burst of breath" , "Advertisement; smoke a cigarette" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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