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Bachelor cooked heroic roll (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brioche

'roll' is the definition.
(brioche is a kind of roll)

'bachelor cooked heroic' is the wordplay.
'bachelor' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'cooked' indicates an anagram.
'heroic' with letters rearranged gives 'rioche'.
'b'+'rioche'='BRIOCHE'

(Other definitions for brioche that I've seen before include "Idol" , "Light sweetish roll" , "Small French roll" , "Hire cob (anag) - bread" , "French cake-like bread" .)

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