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Roll joint as exotic break with lady's ending (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bakery

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'roll joint' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'exotic break with lady's ending' is the wordplay.
'exotic' indicates an anagram (an unusual form of the letters).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'ending' suggests the final letters (the ending of the word).
The final letter of 'lady' is 'y'.
'break' anagrammed gives 'baker'.
'baker'+'y'='BAKERY'

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bakery that I've seen before include "Bread-making establishment" , "Bread factory" , "Bread/cakes shop" , "Source of bread" , "Food maker" .)

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