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Tenor with skill allowed to make delicacy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tartlet

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'make delicacy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'tenor with skill allowed' is the wordplay.
'tenor' becomes 't'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'skill' becomes 'art' (both can mean a talent).
'allowed' becomes 'let' (to let is to allow or permit).
't'+'art'+'let'='TARTLET'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tartlet that I've seen before include "Small open pastry" , "little sweet pastry" , "Small flan" , "fare" , "Small filled pastry case" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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