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Wheat's second skin? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spelt

'wheat's' is the definition.
(spelt is a kind of wheat)

'second skin?' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'skin?' becomes 'pelt' (pelt is a kind of skin).
's'+'pelt'='SPELT'

(Other definitions for spelt that I've seen before include "cereal" , "An old type of wheat" , "Given letter by letter; wheat" , "Recited the letters of a word" , "Made up a word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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