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Innocent answer that provides flavour (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angelica

'that provides flavour' is the definition.

'innocent answer' is the wordplay.
'innocent' becomes 'angelic' (I've seen this before).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'angelic'+'a'='ANGELICA'

(Other definitions for angelica that I've seen before include "What's good for decorating cakes" , "Its candied leaves are used in cake decoration" , "Herb" , "Candied stalk used in cake decoration" , "Girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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