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Tea's first, cereal second (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trice

'second' is the definition.
(both can mean a very short amount of time)

'tea's first cereal' is the wordplay.
'tea's first' becomes 't' (rst letter of 'tea').
'cereal' becomes 'rice' (rice is a kind of cereal).
't'+'rice'='TRICE'

(Other definitions for trice that I've seen before include "Very short moment" , "In a -- means very quickly" , "Old use for three times" , "Short time" , "Flash" .)

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