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Idiot has not served up seafood (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plankton

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

'idiot has not served up' is the wordplay.
'idiot has' becomes 'plank' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'served up' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, going upwards).
'not' backwards is 'ton'.
'plank'+'ton'='PLANKTON'

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(Other definitions for plankton that I've seen before include "food for school, possibly" , "Whale's staple diet" , "Aggregate of small marine organisms" , "Marine organism" , "Drifting marine organisms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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