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Heartless brat snatches container with best dessert (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burnt cream

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'dessert' is the definition.
(I know that burnt cream is a dessert)

'heartless brat snatches container with best' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'container' could be 'urn' (urn is a kind of container) and 'urn' is located in the answer.
'best' could be 'cream' (as in 'the cream of the crop') and 'cream' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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