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Delicate, small, of mini dimension ultimately (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elfin

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

'small of mini dimension ultimately' is the wordplay.
'small of' becomes 'elf' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The final letters of 'mini dimension' are 'in'.
'elf'+'in'='ELFIN'

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(Other definitions for elfin that I've seen before include "Sweet" , "Fairy-like" , "Sprite-like" , "Spritely" , "Resembling one of the little people" .)

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