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Potato I coated in chocolate and seed put before Queen (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

maris piper

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

'i coated in chocolate and seed put before queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'i' could be 'a' and 'a' is located in the answer.
'seed' could be 'pip' (as in a fruit pip) and 'pip' is found within the answer.
'before' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'queen' could be 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ) and 'r' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for maris piper that I've seen is " Potato".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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