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Locked up pudding? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dessert

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'pudding?' is the definition.
(pudding is a kind of dessert)

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(Other definitions for dessert that I've seen before include "Spotted Dick is one" , "Fool possibly" , "End of meal" , "Fruit and nuts, perhaps" , "Sweet, last course of a meal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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