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Dish with seafood: chicken to follow (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cocktail

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'dish with seafood' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'chicken to follow' is the wordplay.
'chicken' becomes 'cock' (cock is a kind of chicken).
'to follow' becomes 'tail' (both can mean to chase or pursue).
'cock'+'tail'='COCKTAIL'

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(Other definitions for cocktail that I've seen before include "Possibly old-fashioned" , "Manhattan, perhaps" , "Mixed beverage" , "snowball?" , "Mixed alcoholic drink or prawn appetiser" .)

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