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French cheese stores have rich cake (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brownie

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'rich cake' is the definition.
'brownie' can be an answer for 'cake' (brownie is a kind of cake). I'm not sure about the 'rich' bit.

'french cheese stores have' is the wordplay.
'french cheese' becomes 'brie' (brie is a French cheese).
'stores' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'have' becomes 'own' (to have something is to own it).
'brie' enclosing 'own' is 'BROWNIE'.

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(Other definitions for brownie that I've seen before include "Girl in uniform" , "sweet thing" , "Benevolent helper" , "Junior Girl Scout" , "helpful girl?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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