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English girl said to be delicious thing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eclair

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'to be delicious thing' is the definition.

'english girl' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'girl' becomes 'clair' ().
'e'+'clair'='ECLAIR'

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(Other definitions for eclair that I've seen before include "Finger-shaped cream-filled cake of choux pastry" , "Long chocolate cake for Claire" , "Food" , "Bakery item" , "A long choux cake" .)

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