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Piquancy (4)

Ross

I think it could be either:

tang

zest

'piquancy' is the definition.
(I know that piquancy can be written as zest)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for zest that I've seen before include "Drive" , "Tang; gusto" , "Keen excitement - citrus peel" , "Tang, relish" , "Outer layer of citrus peel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, the Universal, the Newsday, the Evening Standard, the LA Times, The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald and The New York Times.
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