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Stall out of table salt for batter

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beat

'batter' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'stall out of table salt' is the wordplay.
'out of' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'table'+'salt'='tablesalt'
'tablesalt' with 'stall' removed is 'BEAT'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for beat that I've seen before include "course run regularly" , "Strike; pulsate" , "Flog" , "Rhythmic musical unit" , "Policeman's route; strike" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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