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Too many laid into such a pudding? (4-5)

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I believe the answer is:

over-egged

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'such a pudding?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'too many laid' is the wordplay.
'too many' becomes 'over' (I've seen this in other clues).
'laid' becomes 'egged' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over'+'egged'='OVER-EGGED'

'into' is the link.

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