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Came around, receiving ball on right side, finding Shearer? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delilah

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'came around receiving ball on' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'right side finding shearer?' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'due' (due is a kind of right).
'side' means to remove the middle letters (I've seen 'sides' mean this (only the letters on the sides are used)).
'finding shearer?' becomes 'lilah' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'due' with its middle taken out is 'de'.
'de'+'lilah'='DELILAH'

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(Other definitions for delilah that I've seen before include "Temptress associated with Samson" , "Biblical character" , "Biblical betrayer" , "Tom Jones song" , "She cut Samson's hair" .)

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