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£6 (not 9) for seafood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squid

'for seafood' is the definition.
(squid is a kind of seafood)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for squid that I've seen before include "Eight-armed mollusc" , "Calamari" , "Catch" , "Sea creature" , "Large cephalopod" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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