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Lifting barrel to find seed (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nut

'seed' is the definition.
(nut is a kind of seed)

'lifting barrel' is the wordplay.
'lifting' says the letters should be written backwards.
'barrel' becomes 'tun' (tun is a kind of barrel).
'tun' backwards is 'NUT'.

'to find' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nut that I've seen before include "Fruit with hard shell" , "Hard fruit; obsessive" , "something turned when making fast > food" , "Seed with hard shell and firm kernel" , "eg Almond, brazil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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