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Pick out dhal, oddly passing up bean (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aduki

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'pick' is the definition.
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'out dhal oddly passing up bean' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
'passing up bean' becomes 'uki' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The alternating letters of 'dhal' are 'da'.
'da' with letters rearranged gives 'ad'.
'ad'+'uki'='ADUKI'

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