Carol keeps man for breeding (8)

I believe the answer is:

spawning

'breeding' is the definition.
(spawning is a kind of breeding)

'carol keeps man' is the wordplay.
'carol' becomes 'sing' (I've seen this in other clues).
'keeps' indicates putting letters inside.
'man' becomes 'pawn' (pawn is a kind of man**).
'sing' placed around 'pawn' is 'SPAWNING'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for spawning that I've seen is " (Of fish) releasing eggs".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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