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A sweet little thing to play with (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trifle

This clue is a quadruple definition!!

'a sweet' is the first definition.
(trifle is a kind of sweet)

'little' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

'thing' is the third definition.
(I have seen 'Insignificant thing ' mean 'trifle' so perhaps 'thing' could also mean 'trifle')

'to play with' is the fourth definition.
(I've seen this before)

(Other definitions for trifle that I've seen before include "Play - trivia" , "Pudding - bagatelle" , "more than half of 13 [AFTERSHAVE], for example" , "Thing of little value or importance" , "A desert of no importance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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