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French pastry being cooked — and in Paris (7)

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I believe the answer is:

beignet

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'french pastry' is the definition.
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'being cooked and in paris' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'and in paris' becomes 'et' ('and' in French).
'being' is an anagram of 'beign'.
'beign'+'et'='BEIGNET'

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(Another definition for beignet that I've seen is " fried snack".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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