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One sampling bit of salsa covered in potato (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taster

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'one sampling' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'bit of salsa covered in potato' is the wordplay.
'bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
'covered in' is an insertion indicator.
'potato' becomes 'tater' (synonyms).
The first letter of 'salsa' is 's'.
's' going into 'tater' is 'TASTER'.

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(Other definitions for taster that I've seen before include "Small sample" , "person in charge of testing" , "Art set (anag.)" , "Food tester" , "One samples" .)

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