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Cake lacking icing at first (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

poori

'cake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lacking icing at first' is the wordplay.
'lacking' becomes 'poor'.
'at first' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'icing' is 'i'.
'poor'+'i'='POORI'

(Another definition for poori that I've seen is " Indian deep-fried cake".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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