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I need clout, fooling around — it's in my DNA (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nucleotide

'it's in my dna' is the definition.
(compound in DNA)

'i need clout fooling around' is the wordplay.
'fooling around' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'need'+'clout'='ineedclout'
'ineedclout' with letters rearranged gives 'NUCLEOTIDE'.

(Other definitions for nucleotide that I've seen before include "Type of organic molecule" , "material of DNA" , "Phosphate and sugar linked in this compound; once dilute (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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