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Fruitcake talks of trendy hair-style (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

currant bun

'fruitcake' is the definition.

'talks of trendy hair-style' is the wordplay.
'talks of' shows a homophone (sound like).
'trendy' becomes 'current'.
'hair-style' becomes 'bun' (hair arranged in ball at back of head).
'current' is a homophone of 'currant'.
'currant'+'bun'='CURRANT BUN'

(Another definition for currant bun that I've seen is " Small cake containing dried fruit".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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