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Zany ceramics add energy to frozen desserts (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icecreams

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'frozen desserts' is the definition.
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'zany ceramics add energy' is the wordplay.
'zany' is an anagram indicator.
'add' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'ceramics'+'e'='ceramicse'
'ceramicse' is an anagram of 'ICECREAMS'.

'to' acts as a link.

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