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Hot duck St Leonard eats? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stolen

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'hot duck st leonard eats?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'hot duck st leonard' is the wordplay.
'hot' indicates anagramming the letters (letters heated up or stimulated into a new order).
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'leonard' becomes 'len' (I've seen this in other clues).
'o'+'st'='ost'
'ost' with letters rearranged gives 'sto'.
'sto'+'len'='STOLEN'

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(Other definitions for stolen that I've seen before include "Pinched" , "subject to plagiarism" , "Filched" , "Snatched" , "Taken unlawfully" .)

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