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It's sweet and most elevating (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raisin

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'it's sweet' is the definition.
I know that 'sweet' relates to this answer.

'most elevating' is the wordplay.
'most' means to remove the last letter.
'elevating' becomes 'raising' ('raise' can be a synonym of 'elevate').
'raising' with its last letter removed is 'RAISIN'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "Dried grape used in cakes" , "sultana, say" , "Fruit for the Christmas cake" , "A dried grape used in cake" , "A dried grape, nice in cake" .)

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