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Daggy uncle endlessly ate eggs (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uncool

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'daggy' is the definition.
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'uncle endlessly ate eggs' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'ate' indicates putting letters inside.
'eggs' becomes 'oo' (two O's - O looks like an egg).
'uncle' with its final letter taken off is 'uncl'.
'uncl' placed around 'oo' is 'UNCOOL'.

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(Other definitions for uncool that I've seen before include "Not fashionable (colloq.)" , "Not with it (but warm?)" , "Old-fashioned" , "Not in fashion or with it" , "hot?" .)

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