Extremely sharp, odd taste in middle of fruitcake (8)

I believe the answer is:

nattiest

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'extremely sharp odd taste in middle of fruitcake' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'odd taste in middle of fruitcake' is the wordplay.
'odd' is an anagram indicator.
'middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'fruitcake' is 't'.
'taste'+'in'='tastein'
'tastein' with letters rearranged gives 'natties'.
'natties'+'t'='NATTIEST'

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(Another definition for nattiest that I've seen is " Most stylish".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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