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Sugary confection in course preceding lamb perhaps (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweetmeat

'sugary confection' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'course preceding lamb perhaps' is the wordplay.
'course' becomes 'sweet' (sweet is a kind of course**).
'preceding' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lamb perhaps' becomes 'meat' (lamb is a kind of meat).
'sweet'+'meat'='SWEETMEAT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sweetmeat that I've seen before include "fancy cake?" , "It may be sucked" , "Former item of confectionery" , "dessert" , "Food item with sugar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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