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Team having a row scoffed audibly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eight

'team having a row' is the definition.
(rowing team of eight rowers)

'scoffed audibly' is the wordplay.
'scoffed' becomes 'ate' ('to scoff' is to eat).
'audibly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'ate' sounds like 'EIGHT'.

(Other definitions for eight that I've seen before include "1,001 - 993" , "Half a quarter" , "Number etched by a skater?" , "One over it and you were drunk, it was said" , "2 cubed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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