Hard, spicy sausage (9)

I believe the answer is:

pepperoni

(Other definitions for pepperoni that I've seen before include "meat product" , "Spicy salami" , "spicy stuff" , "Spicy Italian sausage" , "Butterfly-attracting shrub" .)

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