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Compound -- atoms under it, I suspect (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sodium nitrate

'compound' is the definition.
(sodium nitrate is a kind of compound)

'atoms under it i suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'atoms'+'under'+'it'+'i'='atomsunderiti'
'atomsunderiti' anagrammed gives 'SODIUM NITRATE'.

(Other definitions for sodium nitrate that I've seen before include "Fertilizer" , "Explosives may require this" , "Potentially explosive chemical" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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