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Female leaving old seafood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ormer

'seafood' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'female leaving old' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'leaving' suggests deleting specific letters.
'old' becomes 'former' (eg a former president, an old president).
'former' with 'f' taken out is 'ORMER'.

(Other definitions for ormer that I've seen before include "Mollusc" , "Ear-shaped shell" , "Shellfish" , "sea creature" , "Seafood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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