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Confusing introduction, many admitted (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

addling

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'confusing' is the definition.
(addling is a kind of confusing)

'introduction many admitted' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'many' could be 'l' and 'l' is present in the answer.
'admitted' could be 'in' (eg someone might be admitted into a group) and 'in' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for addling that I've seen before include "Taking order from" , "Becoming rotten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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