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Deli team stocks cream (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elite

'cream' is the definition.
(as in the cream of the crop)

'deli team stocks' is the wordplay.
'stocks' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'ELITE' is hidden within 'deli team'.

(Other definitions for elite that I've seen before include "top drawer?" , "Creme de la creme" , "Superior or favoured group of people" , "Aristocratic" , "Letter size; superior group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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