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Skipping starter, worried about pudding (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dessert

'pudding' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'skipping starter worried about' is the wordplay.
'skipping starter' means to remove the first letter.
'worried' becomes 'stressed'.
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'stressed' with its initial letter removed is 'tressed'.
'tressed' back-to-front is 'DESSERT'.

(Other definitions for dessert that I've seen before include "Spotted Dick is one" , "Fruit and nuts, perhaps" , "Charlotte maybe" , "Pudding, sweet" , "Sweet, afters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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