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Strangely tense pig is soaking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steeping

'soaking' is the definition.
(steeping is a kind of soaking)

'strangely tense pig' is the wordplay.
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'tense'+'pig'='tensepig'
'tensepig' with letters rearranged gives 'STEEPING'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Another definition for steeping that I've seen is " Letting sit in a liquid, to clean perhaps".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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