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Butterfly with legs on top? The ultimate in ‘strange’ (8,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inverted comma

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'top? the ultimate in strange' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'butterfly with legs' is the wordplay.
'butterfly' becomes 'comma' (comma is a kind of butterfly).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'legs' becomes 'inverted' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'comma' after 'inverted' is 'INVERTED COMMA'.

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for inverted comma that I've seen before include "In writing, it may open up a quotation" , "Single quote mark" , "Quotation mark" , "Punctuation mark (one of a pair)" , "Singular quote" .)

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