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Take a muffin from an urchin, just to tease (3)

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rag

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'to tease' is the definition.
('rag' can be a synonym of 'tease')

'take a muffin from an urchin' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take').
'a muffin from an urchin' becomes 'ag' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'r'+'ag'='RAG'

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(Other definitions for rag that I've seen before include "Ridicule" , "Scrap of old cloth" , "Student fundraiser" , "Small piece of cloth and university week" , "Disreputable paper" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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