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Alpha male finds grain (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atom

'grain' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'alpha male' is the wordplay.
'alpha' becomes 'a' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'male' becomes 'tom' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'tom'='ATOM'

'finds' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for atom that I've seen before include "A tiny particle but a big bomb" , "Something very small perhaps" , "Small particle of matter" , "The tiniest particle" , "Tiny particle, causes mighty explosion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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