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Rooster raised for eating (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capon

(Other definitions for capon that I've seen before include "Male fowl fattened for eating" , "for lunch, perhaps" , "Castrated cock fattened for eating" , "Bird fattened for eating" , "Castrated bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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