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Chocolate substitute (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carob

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">chocolate substitute</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(carob powder is a chocolate substitute)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for carob that I've seen before include "Bean, a choc. substitute" , "Saint John's bread" , "Evergreen tree with edible pods" , "St John's bread" , "Arabian tree with brownish-purple pods" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Newsday, the Penny Press and the LA Times.
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