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Boring remark about short men (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

samey

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'boring' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'remark about short men' is the wordplay.
'remark' becomes 'say'' (to remark something is to say it).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'men' with its last letter removed is 'me'.
'say' enclosing 'me' is 'SAMEY'.

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(Other definitions for samey that I've seen before include "uniform" , "somewhat similar" , "Boringly similar" , "Monotonous (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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