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Christmas cake you will reportedly book (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yule log

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

'you will reportedly book' is the wordplay.
'you will' becomes 'yul' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'reportedly' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'book' becomes 'log'.
'yul'+'e'+'log'='YULE LOG'

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(Other definitions for yule log that I've seen before include "One burnt at Christmas" , "Large piece of firewood; cake" , "Chunk of wood for the Christmas fire" , "Symbolic item of Christmas season" , "Seasonal Christmas cake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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