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Woeful pudding (4)

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duff

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'pudding' is the definition.
(duff is a kind of pudding)

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(Other definitions for duff that I've seen before include "Dud - pud" , "Bad" , "Faulty (slang); a pudding" , "Worthless; pudding" , "Homer's so-called favourite tipple" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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