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Small daughter sent back uncooked seafood (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dwarfish

'small' is the definition.
('dwarfish' can be similar in meaning to 'small')

'daughter sent back uncooked seafood' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'sent back' is a reversal indicator.
'uncooked' becomes 'raw' ('raw' can be similar in meaning to 'uncooked').
'seafood' becomes 'fish' (fish is a kind of seafood**).
'raw' written backwards gives 'war'.
'd'+'war'+'fish'='DWARFISH'

(Other definitions for dwarfish that I've seen before include "Despicable" , "on the small side" , "Unusually small (in stature)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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