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Rib served with a cake for urchin (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ragamuffin

'for urchin' is the definition.
(ragamuffin is a kind of urchin)

'rib served with a cake' is the wordplay.
'rib' becomes 'rag' (both can mean to tease or mock).
'served with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cake' becomes 'muffin' (I've seen this before).
'rag'+'a'+'muffin'='RAGAMUFFIN'

(Other definitions for ragamuffin that I've seen before include "Poor mite" , "little scruff" , "Tatterdemalion" , "Waif" , "One got up badly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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