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Odd end to day tucking into stew of tuna and pilchard? Not half (9)

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I believe the answer is:

untypical

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'odd' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'end to day tucking into stew of tuna and pilchard? not half' is the wordplay.
'end to' says to take the final letters.
'tucking into' is an insertion indicator.
'stew of' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'not half' indicates taking half.
The final letter of 'day' is 'y'.
'pilchard' with half the letters taken is 'pilc'.
'tuna' after 'pilc' is 'pilctuna'.
'pilctuna' is an anagram of 'untpical'.
'y' placed into 'untpical' is 'UNTYPICAL'.

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(Other definitions for untypical that I've seen before include "not usual" , "not in character" , "Not characteristic or representative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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