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Be pondering: that’s confusing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bemusing

'confusing' is the definition.
('bemuse' can be a synonym of 'confuse')

'be pondering' is the wordplay.
'pondering' becomes 'musing' ('muse' can be a synonym of 'ponder').
'be'+'musing'='BEMUSING'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for bemusing that I've seen before include "puzzling" , "Like a puzzle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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