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Nothing inside about eggs (3)

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I believe the answer is:

roe

'eggs' is the definition.
(fish eggs)

'nothing inside about' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'about' becomes 're' ('re' means regarding or about).
'o' placed into 're' is 'ROE'.

(Other definitions for roe that I've seen before include "If hard, eggs" , "Part of fish, sounds like go through water" , "Caviar" , "Mass of fish eggs" , "Food from fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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