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Arranged live expos for Shell? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

explosive

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'shell?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'arranged live expos' is the wordplay.
'arranged' indicates anagramming the letters (letters rearranged).
'live'+'expos'='liveexpos'
'liveexpos' anagrammed gives 'EXPLOSIVE'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for explosive that I've seen before include "Likely to blow up" , "Likely to shatter or burst apart" , "Fiery" , "TNT, for example" , "Eg, gelignite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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