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Acoustic device to produce bewilderment (6)

Ross

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baffle

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(Other definitions for baffle that I've seen before include "Damper - foil" , "Perplex and bewilder" , "Puzzle and perplex" , "Bemuse" , "Mystify, bewilder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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