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Bridge partner devours cake less the icing - most unhealthy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

weakest

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'most unhealthy' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are superlative adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for weakest that I've seen before include "Least powerful" , "Least strong" , "like some television links?" , "Having minimum power" .)

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