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Irascible recreating Saturn on cake (12)

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I believe the answer is:

cantankerous

'irascible' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'recreating saturn on cake' is the wordplay.
'recreating' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'recreated' mean this).
'saturn'+'on'+'cake'='saturnoncake'
'saturnoncake' is an anagram of 'CANTANKEROUS'.

(Other definitions for cantankerous that I've seen before include "Cross" , "Irritable" , "Stubbornly obstructive" , "Crabby" , "Grumpy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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