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Ball made square somehow (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

masquerade

'ball' is the definition.
(masquerade ball is a kind of ball)

'made square somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'made'+'square'='madesquare'
'madesquare' anagrammed gives 'MASQUERADE'.

(Other definitions for masquerade that I've seen before include "Pretence - masked ball" , "where everyone's wearing the veil" , "Dress up" , "The wearing of disguise" , "False show; pretence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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