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Hot fruit bread one pupil spurned (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stolen

'hot' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fruit bread one pupil spurned' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'pupil' could be 'l' and 'l' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'one' is 'oen' which is located in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'st' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for stolen that I've seen before include "Nicked" , "Misappropriated; hot" , "Snatched" , "Taken without permission or payment" , "Taken without the owner's consent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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