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It's jelly like the photo shows (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aspic

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'it's jelly' is the definition.
(aspic is a kind of jelly)

'like the photo shows' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'like' could be 'as' and 'as' is found within the answer.
'photo' could be 'pic' (short for picture) and 'pic' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for aspic that I've seen before include "Stock set with food" , "Savoury jelly for meat or vegetable" , "Savoury jelly for coating meat, eggs etc" , "Savoury meat or fish jelly" , "Savoury relish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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