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Mustard? You might pick up the seed! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colonel

'mustard?' is the definition.
(Cluedo character Colonel Mustard)

'you might pick up the seed' is the wordplay.
'you might pick up' shows a homophone (sound like) (pick up can mean to hear).
'the seed' becomes 'kernel' (kernel is a kind of seed).
'kernel' sounds like 'COLONEL'.

(Other definitions for colonel that I've seen before include "Army officer ranking below a brigadier" , "'No cello for this officer, strangely (7)'" , "Army rank" , "Comissioned military officer" , "Commissioned officer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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