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Pancakes bowled learner over in one (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blini

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

'bowled learner over in one' is the wordplay.
'bowled' becomes 'b' (cricket abbreviation).
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'over' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'b'+'l'+'in'+'i'='BLINI'

(Other definitions for blini that I've seen before include "Eastern European twenty four Ac" , "Russian pancakes" , "Straw hat" , "Russian pancake served with caviar and sour cream" , "Buckwheat pancakes" .)

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