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Snapped a pencil in crossing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pelican

'crossing' is the definition.
(pelican crossing is a type of road crossing)

'snapped a pencil' is the wordplay.
'snapped' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'pencil'='apencil'
'apencil' anagrammed gives 'PELICAN'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pelican that I've seen before include "Aquatic bird with pouch" , "Tropical bird" , "Large-billed waterbird" , "Large bird with enormous beak" , "Seabird having a large bill with a pouch for fish" .)

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