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Cake courses in wrong order? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweetmeat

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(Other definitions for sweetmeat that I've seen before include "Perhaps rock" , "Confectionery - we eat stem (anag)" , "Sugary delicacy" , "dessert" , "It may be sucked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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