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Morning, fools, finding stockpiles (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amasses

'stockpiles' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'morning fools' is the wordplay.
'morning' becomes 'am' (as in 12:00 AM).
'fools' becomes 'asses' (ass can mean a foolish person).
'am'+'asses'='AMASSES'

'finding' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for amasses that I've seen before include "Collects" , "'Accumulates, gathers (7)'" , "Gathers together" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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