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Spice and herb with top of the milk that's sweet (10,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peppermint cream

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

'spice and herb with top of the milk' is the wordplay.
'spice' becomes 'pepper' (peppering is a kind of spicing).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'herb with' becomes 'mint' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'top of the milk' becomes 'cream' (I've seen this before).
'pepper'+'mint'+'cream'='PEPPERMINT CREAM'

'that's' is the link.

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(Another definition for peppermint cream that I've seen is " Sweet".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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