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Fuel from seaweed wrapped in lettuce (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

coal gas

'fuel' is the definition.
(coal gas is a kind of fuel)

'seaweed wrapped in lettuce' is the wordplay.
'seaweed' becomes 'alga' (I've seen this before).
'wrapped in' is an insertion indicator.
'lettuce' becomes 'cos' (cos lettuce is a kind of lettuce).
'alga' going into 'cos' is 'COAL-GAS'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for coal gas that I've seen before include "Former fuel" , "Source of power" , "Heating and lighting fuel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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