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Dashing to provide service with seafood (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raffish

'dashing' is the definition.
('raffish' can be a synonym of 'dashing')

'service with seafood' is the wordplay.
'service' becomes 'raf'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'seafood' becomes 'fish' (fish is a kind of seafood**).
'raf'+'fish'='RAFFISH'

'to provide' is the link.

(Other definitions for raffish that I've seen before include "like British airmen?" , "Tawdry" , "Rakish" , "Vulgarly flashy, disreputable" , "Carelessly dressed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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