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Dame's new fantasy sadly amounts to nothing (5,5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweet fanny adams

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'to nothing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dame's new fantasy sadly' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dames'+'new'+'fantasy'='damesnewfantasy'
'damesnewfantasy' with letters rearranged gives 'SWEET FANNY ADAMS'.

'amounts' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for sweet fanny adams that I've seen before include "Nothing" , "Love" , "[NIX]" , "SFA" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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