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Deal in an abandoned food shop (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deli

'food shop' is the definition.
(short for delicatessen)

'deal in an abandoned' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' suggests deleting specific letters.
'deal'+'in'='dealin'
'dealin' with 'an' taken away is 'DELI'.

(Other definitions for deli that I've seen before include "Special shop" , "Fine food shop" , "Exotic food shop" , "food-store?" , "Unusual food shop" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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