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Second quality jam (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strait

'jam' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'second quality' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'quality' becomes 'trait' (I've seen this before).
's'+'trait'='STRAIT'

(Other definitions for strait that I've seen before include "Narrow sea passage" , "Narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water" , "of Gibraltar, for example" , "Catch in a trap" , "Difficulty - strict" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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