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Duck to be part of meze platter (5)

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I believe the answer is:

olive

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'meze platter' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'duck to be' is the wordplay.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'to be' becomes 'live' (to be is to live or exist).
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'

'part of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Fruit giving oil" , "Cocktail fruit" , "Yellowish-green colour" , "Female" , "Oily stone fruit" .)

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