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Squander something deep-fried (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fritter

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'squander' is the definition.
(I know that fritter is a more specific form of the action squander)

'something deep-fried' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'something' could be 'it' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'it' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for fritter that I've seen before include "Hot food" , "Something battered and fried" , "Item cooked in batter" , "while away?" , "bit of batter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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