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Idiosyncrasy in variety of cakes wins (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wackiness

'idiosyncrasy' is the definition.

'variety of cakes wins' is the wordplay.
'variety of' is an anagram indicator.
'cakes'+'wins'='cakeswins'
'cakeswins' with letters rearranged gives 'WACKINESS'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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