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Variety of liquorice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allsorts

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'liquorice' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'variety' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'variety' could be 'sort' (synonyms) and 'sort' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'alls' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for allsorts that I've seen is " mixture of sweets is required".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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