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Devised scare and obtained a delicacy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escargot

'a delicacy' is the definition.
(I have seen 'French delicacy' mean 'escargot' so perhaps 'delicacy' could also mean 'escargot')

'devised scare and obtained' is the wordplay.
'devised' indicates an anagram.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'obtained' becomes 'got' ('get' can be a synonym of 'obtain').
'scare' anagrammed gives 'escar'.
'escar'+'got'='ESCARGOT'

(Other definitions for escargot that I've seen before include "One continually moving house" , "French delicacy" , "French food" , "Cart goes carrying edible French snail" , "An edible snail from France" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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