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Low life cut in half radish (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mooli

'radish' is the definition.
(mooli is a type of radish)

'low life cut in half' is the wordplay.
'low' becomes 'moo' (both can mean to make a cow noise).
'cut in half' means to take half the letters.
'life' with half the letters taken is 'li'.
'moo'+'li'='MOOLI'

(Other definitions for mooli that I've seen before include "Radish-like root" , "root vegetable" , "Large white radish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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