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Seafood with a hint of lemon and sorbet cocktail (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lobster

'seafood' is the definition.
(lobster is a kind of seafood)

'a hint of lemon and sorbet cocktail' is the wordplay.
'a hint of' indicates taking the first letters.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cocktail' indicates anagramming the letters.
The first letter of 'lemon' is 'l'.
'sorbet' is an anagram of 'obster'.
'l'+'obster'='LOBSTER'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lobster that I've seen before include "Edible marine crustacean" , "Bolster (anag.)" , "Marine creature" , "Bolster up te shellfish" , "Tommy no longer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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