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Briefly get gnat off cheese (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brie

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'cheese' is the definition.
(Brie is an example)

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(Other definitions for brie that I've seen before include "dairy product" , "Prov. squalid place" , "Round soft Fr. cheese" , "Kind of soft cheese" , "Variety of cheese" .)

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