Baker's top has high, frilly collar in awful pictures (8)

I believe the answer is:

piecrust

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'baker's top has high frilly collar' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'awful pictures' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'pictures' anagrammed gives 'PIECRUST'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for piecrust that I've seen before include "pastry toppings" , "Pastry on dish" , "Baked pastry top" , "that blackbirds escaped from" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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