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Carry minute family emblem (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

totem

'family emblem' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'carry minute' is the wordplay.
'carry' becomes 'tote' (toting is a kind of carrying).
'minute' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'tote'+'m'='TOTEM'

(Other definitions for totem that I've seen before include "Emblem of a clan" , "family emblem" , "Pole used in ritual" , "Representative of family" , "symbolic animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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