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One who incited drooling with a meringue dessert (7)

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pavlova

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'meringue dessert' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for pavlova that I've seen before include "Surname of ballerina" , "Sweet - dancer" , "course" , "Meringue dessert" , "Meringue-based dessert" .)

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