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Some advice about saving time making bread (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pitta

'bread' is the definition.
(pitta is a type of bread)

'some advice about saving time' is the wordplay.
'some' becomes 'a' ().
'advice' becomes 'tip' (a tip is a piece of advice).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'saving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'a'+'tip'='atip'
'atip' back-to-front is 'pita'.
'pita' placed around 't' is 'PITTA'.

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for pitta that I've seen before include "Middle Eastern bread" , "Partially-leavened bread of the Near East" , "Type of flat bread that's split to hold a filling" , "(E.g. Greek) bread" , "I might have a kebab in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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