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Piece of cake catching large seal (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clinch

'seal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'piece of cake catching large' is the wordplay.
'piece of cake' becomes 'cinch' ('cinch' can be a synonym of 'piece of cake').
'catching' is an insertion indicator.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'cinch' going around 'l' is 'CLINCH'.

(Other definitions for clinch that I've seen before include "Grapple - confirm" , "Fierce embrace" , "Clutch" , "Confirm - embrace" , "Passionate embrace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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