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Snail races curiously received (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escargot

'snail' is the definition.
(escargot means an edible snail)

'races curiously received' is the wordplay.
'curiously' indicates anagramming the letters.
'received' becomes 'got' ('get' can be a synonym of 'receive').
'races' is an anagram of 'escar'.
'escar'+'got'='ESCARGOT'

(Other definitions for escargot that I've seen before include "Edible snail (from Fr.)" , "A dish of cooked land snails" , "mollusc, from Paris" , "Hardly fast food" , "national delicacy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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