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Young swimmer organising top deal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tadpole

'young swimmer' is the definition.
(young frog)

'organising top deal' is the wordplay.
'organising' indicates anagramming the letters.
'top'+'deal'='topdeal'
'topdeal' with letters rearranged gives 'TADPOLE'.

(Other definitions for tadpole that I've seen before include "Baby frog" , "Potential frog" , "Amphibian larva" , "youngster" , "Legless creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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