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Get a sausage as mail is sorted (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salami

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'get a sausage as mail is sorted' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'get a sausage as mail is sorted' is the wordplay.
'get' says to put letters next to each other.
'a sausage as' becomes 'sa' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'is sorted' is an anagram indicator.
'mail' is an anagram of 'lami'.
'sa'+'lami' is 'SALAMI'.

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(Other definitions for salami that I've seen before include "One kind of tactics" , "Garlic- flavoured sausage" , "Savoury snack" , "Preserved meat sausage" , "Highly spiced sausage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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