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Murphy has nothing to shoot at! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

potato

'murphy' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'nothing to shoot at' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'shoot' becomes 'pot' (I've seen this in other clues).
'pot'+'at'='potat'
'o' put after 'potat' is 'POTATO'.

'has' is the link.

(Other definitions for potato that I've seen before include "The veg is too apt, oddly" , "The vegetable is just too pat" , "The humble spud" , "Spud (6)" , "Starchy tuber" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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