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Setter related to Serpent? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aspic

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'setter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'related to serpent?' is the wordplay.
'related' becomes 'ic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'serpent?' becomes 'asp' (asp is a kind of serpent).
'ic' after 'asp' is 'ASPIC'.

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(Other definitions for aspic that I've seen before include "Savoury jelly for coating meat, eggs etc" , "Jelly based on fish or meat stock" , "Ending of Marlowe's thriller" , "Savoury relish" , "Edible jelly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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