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Young frog in Po Delta, developing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tadpole

'young frog' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'po delta developing' is the wordplay.
'developing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'po'+'delta'='podelta'
'podelta' with letters rearranged gives 'TADPOLE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tadpole that I've seen before include "Embryonic frog" , "Frog in formation" , "Amphibian larva" , "Pre-frog form" , "developed from spawn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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