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Distraught baker has endless oven trouble, finally cracking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breakage

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'cracking' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'distraught baker has endless oven trouble finally' is the wordplay.
'distraught' indicates an anagram.
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'oven' becomes 'aga' (type of large oven).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'trouble' is 'e'.
'aga' with its last letter taken off is 'ag'.
'baker' is an anagram of 'break'.
'break'+'ag'+'e'='BREAKAGE'

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(Other definitions for breakage that I've seen before include "Act of shattering" , "Damage caused by smashing" , "Reimbursement for goods damaged in transit" , "Result of clumsiness" , "Something smashed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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