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Seafood for short person (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shrimp

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'seafood' is the definition.
(I know that shrimp is a type of seafood)

'short person' is the wordplay.
'short' becomes 'shri' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'person' becomes 'MP' (MP is an example).
'shri'+'mp'='SHRIMP'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shrimp that I've seen before include "ingredient of cocktail" , "Crustacean; small child" , "School member" , "no giant" , "Seafood" .)

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