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Try Southern baking (4)

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I believe the answer is:

shot

'try' is the definition.
(shot is a kind of try)

'southern baking' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'baking' becomes 'hot' ('hot' can be similar in meaning to 'baking').
's'+'hot'='SHOT'

(Other definitions for shot that I've seen before include "[FILM]" , "Sent a bullet" , "Try -- ammunition" , "Gunned down - go - guess" , "Wounded" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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