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Meddled with various untried desserts initially (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intruded

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

'various untried desserts initially' is the wordplay.
'various' indicates an anagram.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'desserts' is 'd'.
'untried' with letters rearranged gives 'intrude'.
'intrude'+'d'='INTRUDED'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for intruded that I've seen before include "meddled" , "Imposed oneself without welcome" , "Butted in" , "Entered when not wanted" , "Entered uninvited" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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