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Hit a garden pest (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slug

I believe this is a double definition.

'hit' is the first definition.
(slugging is a kind of hitting)

'a garden pest' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

(Other definitions for slug that I've seen before include "draught" , "Pellet; deal thumping blows" , "Bullet - punch" , "Small creature like snail without shell" , "Terrestrial mollusc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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