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Complicated way to supply details (9)

Ross

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elaborate

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'complicated' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for elaborate that I've seen before include "Work out or describe in detail" , "flesh out?" , "Detailed, complicated" , "Describe in detail, being complicated" , "involved" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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