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Sweet spread for sandwiches, badly wrapped (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastille

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

'spread for sandwiches badly wrapped' is the wordplay.
'spread for sandwiches' becomes 'paste'.
'badly' becomes 'ill' ('ill' can be adverbial as in 'ill-advised').
'wrapped' indicates putting letters inside.
'paste' going around 'ill' is 'PASTILLE'.

(Other definitions for pastille that I've seen before include "tablet" , "Small, often medicated, sweet" , "Small sweet/lozenge" , "One medicated sweet is the alternative" , "Cough lozenge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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