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What goes on a bit of bread, say? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

butter

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'what goes' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'on a bit of bread say?' is the wordplay.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'a bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
'say?' becomes 'utter' (to utter something is to say or speak it).
The initial letter of 'bread' is 'b'.
'b'+'utter' is 'BUTTER'.

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(Other definitions for butter that I've seen before include "Dairy spread" , "goat?" , "Type of toffee" , "Process of instruction" , "Fat - type of fly" .)

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