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A slicer mangled cakes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eclairs

'cakes' is the definition.
(eclair is a type of cake)

'a slicer mangled' is the wordplay.
'mangled' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'slicer'='aslicer'
'aslicer' anagrammed gives 'ECLAIRS'.

(Other definitions for eclairs that I've seen before include "Elongated cream puffs" , "sticky fingers" , "Choux pastries with cream and chocolate icing" , "Cream cakes" , "Oblong pastries" .)

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