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Fresh pastry is in short supply (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparsity

'short supply' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'fresh pastry is' is the wordplay.
'fresh' is an anagram indicator.
'pastry'+'is'='pastryis'
'pastryis' is an anagram of 'SPARSITY'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for sparsity that I've seen before include "Low density" , "Thinly-scattered state" , "Thinness of occurrence" , "Thinly scattered state" , "Scantiness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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