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Articles presented in trifling taste for numskull (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fathead

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'for numskull' is the definition.
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'articles presented in trifling taste' is the wordplay.
'articles' becomes 'the a' (two grammatical articles).
'presented in' is an insertion indicator.
'trifling taste' becomes 'fad' (fad is a kind of taste. I am not sure about the 'trifling' bit.).
'thea' put into 'fad' is 'FATHEAD'.

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(Other definitions for fathead that I've seen before include "Stupid person" , "Fool" , "Slang idiot with enlarged cranium?" , "silly ass!" , "Dimwit" .)

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