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Bill's extremely chubby, scoffing last of dessert after buffet (6)

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I believe the answer is:

chitty

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'bill's' is the definition.
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'extremely chubby scoffing last of dessert after buffet' is the wordplay.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the extremes of the word are used).
'scoffing' is an insertion indicator.
'last of' says to take the final letters.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'buffet' becomes 'hit' (buffet can mean to beat or pound).
'chubby' with its centre removed is 'cy'.
The final letter of 'dessert' is 't'.
't' after 'hit' is 'hitt'.
'cy' enclosing 'hitt' is 'CHITTY'.

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(Other definitions for chitty that I've seen before include "Note (bang if doubled!)" , "Short note - voucher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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