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Sweet but posh bloke with bearing and energy (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toffee

'sweet' is the definition.
(toffee is a kind of sweet)

'posh bloke with bearing and energy' is the wordplay.
'posh bloke' becomes 'toff' (informal term for an upper class person).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bearing' becomes 'e'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'toff'+'e'+'e'='TOFFEE'

'but' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for toffee that I've seen before include "Chewy sweet" , "Chewy confectionery" , "Sweet made with heated butter and sugar" , "sticky stuff" , "Sugar/butter sweet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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