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Beccy (bless!) unwrapped cracknel - oddly a Lancs speciality (6,4)

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I believe the answer is:

eccles cake

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'a lancs speciality' is the definition.
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'beccy bless unwrapped cracknel oddly' is the wordplay.
'beccy' becomes 'ecc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'unwrapped' indicates the central letters (the letters which wrap the word are removed).
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The centre of 'bless' is 'les'.
The alternating letters of 'cracknel' are 'cake'.
'ecc'+'les'+'cake'='ECCLES CAKE'

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(Other definitions for eccles cake that I've seen before include "Lancashire confection" , "Currant-filled pastry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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