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Made rare concoction of sugar (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demerara

'sugar' is the definition.
(I know that demerara is a type of Brown sugar)

'made rare concoction' is the wordplay.
'concoction' indicates anagramming the letters.
'made'+'rare'='maderare'
'maderare' is an anagram of 'DEMERARA'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for demerara that I've seen before include "Rum" , "That's sweet!" , "(Light-brown) sugar" , "sugar - and alcohol" , "Sweet thing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish Independent.
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