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Ah, polo players are making a terrible fuss (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoopla

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

'ah polo players' is the wordplay.
'players' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'player' mean this).
'ah'+'polo'='ahpolo'
'ahpolo' is an anagram of 'HOOPLA'.

'are making a terrible' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for hoopla that I've seen before include "Throwing event at a fair" , "Game in which rings are thrown over objects in order to win them" , "game in which all-round achievement is rewarded" , "needless commotion" , "Fairground throwing game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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