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Just beat seed (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pip

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'just beat' is the first definition.
(as in pipping someone to the post)

'seed' is the second definition.
(as in a fruit pip)

(Other definitions for pip that I've seen before include "Dickens hero" , "Greenwich time signal" , "Narrowly defeat" , "Defeat at the last moment - . . . at the post" , "Annoyed" .)

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