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What's conjured up by a dreamer may be rum (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demerara

'be rum' is the definition.
(I know that demerara is a type of rum)

'what's conjured up by a dreamer' is the wordplay.
'what's conjured up by' indicates anagramming the letters (the answer can be conjured up from the letters).
'a'+'dreamer'='adreamer'
'adreamer' is an anagram of 'DEMERARA'.

'may' is the link.

(Other definitions for demerara that I've seen before include "sweetener" , "Rum" , "That's sweet!" , "Variety of sugar" , "sugar - and alcohol" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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