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Sheep eating nothing small wanders (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roams

'wanders' is the definition.
('roam' can be a synonym of 'wander')

'sheep eating nothing small' is the wordplay.
'sheep' becomes 'ram' (ram is a kind of sheep).
'eating' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'ram' placed around 'o' is 'roam'.
'roam'+'s'='ROAMS'

(Other definitions for roams that I've seen before include "Wanders about, rambles" , "Is traveller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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