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Amusing turn daughter's put on (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

droll

'amusing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'turn daughter's put on' is the wordplay.
'turn' becomes 'roll' (roll is a kind of turn**).
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'put on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'roll' put after 'd' is 'DROLL'.

(Other definitions for droll that I've seen before include "Quaintly amusing" , "Strangely amusing" , "Funny" , "Oddly amusing or comical" , "Humorous or whimsical" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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