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Boring outfit (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oil rig

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'boring outfit' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'boring outfit' is the wordplay.
'boring' becomes 'oil' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'outfit' becomes 'rig' (synonyms).
'oil'+'rig'='OIL-RIG'

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(Other definitions for oil rig that I've seen before include "It's used for drilling, at sea perhaps" , "What may be boring" , "used by a bore" , "I would do well" , "source of offshore wealth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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