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Eggs finished, did you say? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ova

'eggs' is the definition.
(term for egg cells)

'finished did you say?' is the wordplay.
'finished' becomes 'over' (over can mean finished or ended).
'did you say?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'over' is a homophone of 'OVA'.

(Other definitions for ova that I've seen before include "Female reproductive cells" , "Latin egg-cells" , "Release of women" , "Female egg-cells" , "targets for male seed?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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