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Baking ingredient in vegan line manufactured (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leavening

'baking ingredient' is the definition.
(substance used to make dough rise)

'vegan line manufactured' is the wordplay.
'manufactured' is an anagram indicator.
'vegan'+'line'='veganline'
'veganline' is an anagram of 'LEAVENING'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for leavening that I've seen before include "eg Yeast" , "Riser" , "Influential agent" , "Pervading, causing gradual change" , "instigator of rising" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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