Escargot, eg (5)

I believe the answer is:

snail

(Other definitions for snail that I've seen before include "Edible gastropod" , "Soft-bodied garden animal with shell" , "French delicacy" , "Proverbially slow moving mollusc" , "Edible terrestrial mollusc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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