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Desert bushranger after one French type of bread (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unleavened

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'type of bread' is the definition.

'desert bushranger after one french' is the wordplay.
'desert' becomes 'leave' (desert can mean to leave or abandon).
'bushranger' becomes 'ned' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one french' becomes 'un' ('one' in French).
'leave'+'ned'='leavened'
'leavened' put after 'un' is 'UNLEAVENED'.

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