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Scornfully reject cakes that are sent back (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snub

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'scornfully reject' is the definition.
'snub' can be an answer for 'reject' (snubbing is a kind of rejecting). I am not certain of the 'scornfully' bit.

'cakes that are sent back' is the wordplay.
'cakes' becomes 'buns' (cake is a type of bun).
'that are sent back' is a reversal indicator.
'buns' backwards is 'SNUB'.

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(Other definitions for snub that I've seen before include "Rebuff; brush-off" , "Shun" , "Rebuff with buns" , "Refuse to acknowledge" , "put down" .)

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