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Pick sweets over the phone (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

choose

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'pick' is the definition.
(I know that pick is a more specific form of choose)

'sweets over the phone' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'chose' 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).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for choose that I've seen before include "Elect" , "Make a selection" , "Vote" , "So echo (anag) - wish" , "Select, opt for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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