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Drama changed into half comedy for produce some spice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cardamom

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

'drama changed into half comedy' is the wordplay.
'changed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'half' indicates taking half.
'drama' is an anagram of 'ardam'.
'comedy' with half the letters taken is 'com'.
'ardam' going within 'com' is 'CARDAMOM'.

'for produce' is the link.

(Other definitions for cardamom that I've seen before include "spicy stuff" , "It's pungent" , "Seeds used as spice" , "type of plant" , "Spice; a mad corm (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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