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Conservative has drink and favourite muffin (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crumpet

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

'conservative has drink and favourite' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'favourite' becomes 'pet' (synonyms).
'c'+'rum'+'pet'='CRUMPET'

(Other definitions for crumpet that I've seen before include "Muffin" , "Thick flat cake, eaten toasted" , "Toasted teacake" , "Thick soft cake eaten toasted and buttered" , "Round yeast cake eaten hot with butter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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