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Sweet abandon, say (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dessert

'sweet' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'abandon say' is the wordplay.
'abandon' becomes 'desert' (desert can mean to leave or abandon).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'desert' is a homophone of 'DESSERT'.

(Other definitions for dessert that I've seen before include "Sweet, afters" , "Sweet, last course of a meal" , "Fool possibly" , "End of meal" , "Charlotte maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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