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Chicken's counterpart in a causality dilemma (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egg

(Other definitions for egg that I've seen before include "explosive" , "Mine (slang)" , "Item of food" , "Early stage of development" , "Baby carrier?" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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