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Cropped George Michael group tee, eh? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

what

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'eh?' is the definition.
('eh' can mean 'pardon' or 'what')

'cropped george michael group tee' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'tee' could be 't' and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'wha' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for what that I've seen before include "Which thing?" , "Eh?" , "I beg your pardon" , "Interrogatory word" , "Word used in a question" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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