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Exclusive portion of ice-cream? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scoop

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'exclusive' is the definition.
(as in a newspaper scoop)

'portion of ice-cream?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'scop' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for scoop that I've seen before include "Press exclusive" , "Ice cream serving utensil" , "Dredge up" , "Find utensil" , "Dig out - story that makes the headlines" .)

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