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Shinjuku snack: a muscadine peel with cheese (7)

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I believe the answer is:

edamame

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'shinjuku snack a muscadine' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'peel with cheese' is the wordplay.
'peel' becomes 'ame' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'cheese' becomes 'edam' (Edam is an example).
'ame' put after 'edam' is 'EDAMAME'.

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(Another definition for edamame that I've seen is " type of bean".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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