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American, on reflection, providing entertainment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amusing

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

'american on reflection' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'reflection' becomes 'musing' (synonyms).
'a'+'musing'='AMUSING'

(Other definitions for amusing that I've seen before include "Humorous" , "Droll" , "Entertaining, pleasing" , "Pleasantly diverting" , "Mildly funny - diverting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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