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Second pound needed for seafood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squid

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

'second pound needed' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'pound' becomes 'quid' (UK slang for a pound).
'needed' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
's'+'quid'='SQUID'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for squid that I've seen before include "Edible eight-arm mollusc" , "Cephalopod mollusc" , "Tentacled marine creature" , "Ten-armed mollusc" , "Item of seafood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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