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Swollen as a pastry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puffy

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'swollen' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a pastry' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'pastry' could be 'puff' (puff is a kind of pastry) and 'puff' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'y' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for puffy that I've seen before include "Swollen, soft" , "Softly inflated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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