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Confused in the fog with a doll (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistaken

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'confused' is the definition.
('mistake' can be a synonym of 'confuse')

'fog with a doll' is the wordplay.
'fog' becomes 'mist' (mist is a kind of fog).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'doll' becomes 'ken' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mist'+'a'+'ken'='MISTAKEN'

'in the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mistaken that I've seen before include "Wrong (in judgement)" , "'Wrong, misguided (8)'" , "Wrongly understood" , "In error in mankiest way" , "Wrong, incorrect" .)

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