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Need a moment talking about newborn's nourishment? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lactic

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'need a' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'moment talking about newborn's nourishment?' is the wordplay.
'moment' becomes 'tick' (both can mean a very short amount of time).
'talking' shows a homophone (sound like).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'newborn's nourishment?' becomes 'lac' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tick' sounds like 'tic'.
'tic' put after 'lac' is 'LACTIC'.

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(Other definitions for lactic that I've seen before include "Pertaining to milk" , "Kind of acid" , "Obtained from milk" , "Derived from milk" , "The acid found in milk" .)

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