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Baker's proved nothing in boulangerie contains sulphur (5)

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I believe the answer is:

risen

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'baker's proved nothing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'boulangerie contains sulphur' is the wordplay.
'boulangerie' becomes 'rien' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'contains' is an insertion indicator.
'sulphur' becomes 'S' (synonyms).
'rien' going around 's' is 'RISEN'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for risen that I've seen before include "Increased" , "Suggestive of soil" , "Grown up" , "Climbed" , "(Having) come up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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