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Mostly flog salmon, perhaps being greedy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

selfish

'greedy' is the definition.
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'mostly flog salmon perhaps' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'flog' becomes 'sell' (I've seen this before).
'salmon perhaps' becomes 'fish' (salmon is a kind of fish).
'sell' with its last letter taken off is 'sel'.
'sel'+'fish'='SELFISH'

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for selfish that I've seen before include "without consideration" , "inconsiderate" , "Mercenary" , "Egocentric - greedy" , "for personal gain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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