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The snake used in the advertisement? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puff adder

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'the snake' is the definition.
(puff adder is a kind of snake)

'the advertisement?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'advertisement?' could be 'puff' (I've seen this before) and 'puff' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'adder' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'used in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for puff adder that I've seen before include "Venomous viper" , "Large viper" , "Poisonous type" , "Snake" , "African viper" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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