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Dandy clutching large bomb (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flop

'bomb' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dandy clutching large' is the wordplay.
'dandy' becomes 'fop' ('fop' can be a synonym of 'dandy').
'clutching' is an insertion indicator.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'fop' placed around 'l' is 'FLOP'.

(Other definitions for flop that I've seen before include "Dud - bomb" , "Fail" , "Theatrical failure" , "crash" , "Community cards in poker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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