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One's young; one has to meditate (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brood

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'to meditate' is the definition.
(brooding is a kind of meditating)

'one's young one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'brod' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brood that I've seen before include "Ponder mournfully" , "Clutch" , "Think resentfully about family of children?" , "Collection of chickens" , "Meditate moodily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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