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Mostly carry young child (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tot

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

'mostly carry' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'carry' becomes 'tote' (toting is a kind of carrying).
'tote' with its last letter taken away is 'TOT'.

(Other definitions for tot that I've seen before include "Add; young child" , "Child's" , "Calculate" , "Tiny child" , "Add up for baby" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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