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List includes a chicken (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roaster

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'chicken' is the definition.
(I know that roaster is a type of chicken)

'list includes a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'list' could be 'roster' (roster is a kind of list) and 'roster' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for roaster that I've seen before include "Fowl for the oven" , "hot day" , "Oven-ready bird" , "oven item" , "cooker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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