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Minor shift, serving joint following dessert (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aftershock

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'minor shift' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'serving joint following dessert' is the wordplay.
'serving joint' becomes 'hock' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'dessert' becomes 'afters' (I've seen this before).
'hock' after 'afters' is 'AFTERSHOCK'.

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(Other definitions for aftershock that I've seen before include "Tremor following earthquake" , "gives one the shakes later" , "What might have cracked open house" , "no great shakes" , "another shake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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