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Mayall's daddy coming round for spice (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paprika

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

'mayall's daddy coming round' is the wordplay.
'mayall' becomes 'rik' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'daddy' becomes 'papa' (synonyms).
'coming round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rik' placed into 'papa' is 'PAPRIKA'.

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(Other definitions for paprika that I've seen before include "Hot powder" , "strong-tasting spice" , "Irk papa with mild red pepper" , "Orange-red spice" , "Deep red spice" .)

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