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Dishevelled, given tie in case (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

genitive

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

'dishevelled given tie' is the wordplay.
'dishevelled' indicates an anagram.
'given'+'tie'='giventie'
'giventie' with letters rearranged gives 'GENITIVE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for genitive that I've seen before include "(In grammar) the possessive case" , "This case shows possession" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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