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Concession about name for shellfish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scallop

'shellfish' is the definition.
(scallop is a kind of shellfish)

'concession about name' is the wordplay.
'concession' becomes 'sop' (sop is a kind of concession).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'name' becomes 'call' (a name is a call-sign).
'sop' going around 'call' is 'SCALLOP'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scallop that I've seen before include "Marine bivalve" , "Shapely dish" , "Bivalve mollusc with fan-shaped shell" , "Seafood - shell" , "Shellfish that's also plc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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