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Syrup, say maple, about a centilitre (7)

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I believe the answer is:

treacle

'syrup' is the definition.
(I know that treacle is a type of syrup)

'maple about a centilitre' is the wordplay.
'maple' becomes 'tree' (maple is a type of tree).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'centilitre' becomes 'cl' (standard abbreviation).
'a'+'cl'='acl'
'tree' placed around 'acl' is 'TREACLE'.

'say' is the link.

(Other definitions for treacle that I've seen before include "Thick, sticky, dark syrup" , "Syrup, molasses" , "Carroll's sisters had to live with" , "cloying stuff" , "Sweet, sticky stuff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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