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Somewhat like Judo master's pastry? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

danish

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'pastry?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'somewhat like judo master's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'somewhat' could be 'ish' (eg 'amateurish' means somewhat amateur) and 'ish' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dan' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for danish that I've seen before include "Southern Scandinavian pastry" , "Had sin (anag)" , "Dash in to the mysterious nationality" , "accompaniment to coffee" , "Scandinavian language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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