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Chef Raymond overcoming skin complaint to provide dessert (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blancmange

'dessert' is the definition.
(blancmange is a kind of dessert)

'chef raymond overcoming skin complaint' is the wordplay.
'chef raymond' becomes 'Blanc' (Raymond Blanc is a French chef).
'overcoming' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters are written over others).
'skin complaint' becomes 'mange' (mange is an animal skin disease).
'blanc'+'mange'='BLANCMANGE'

'to provide' is the link.

(Other definitions for blancmange that I've seen before include "Jelly-like pudding made with milk" , "Dessert of flavoured milk stiffened with cornflower" , "Almond-flavoured jelly-like milk pudding" , "Wobbly dessert" , "group?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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