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May be tempted, perhaps unusually, to eat fourth toffee (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fate

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'may be tempted' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'unusually to eat fourth toffee' is the wordplay.
'unusually' is an anagram indicator.
'fourth toffee' becomes 'f' (4th letter of 'toffee').
'eat'+'f'='eatf'
'eatf' is an anagram of 'FATE'.

'perhaps' is the link.

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(Other definitions for fate that I've seen before include "Clotho, Lachesis or Atropos" , "Destiny, kismet" , "What must be" , "Fortune" , "Predetermined end" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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