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Do ask police about Eastern toy (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kaleidoscope

'toy' is the definition.
(kaleidoscope is a kind of toy)

'do ask police about eastern' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'do'+'ask'+'police'='doaskpolice'
'doaskpolice' is an anagram of 'kaleidoscop'.
'kaleidoscop'+'e'='KALEIDOSCOPE'

(Other definitions for kaleidoscope that I've seen before include "poodle is plastered with cake" , "Device showing coloured patterns" , "A changing pattern of colours, shapes" , "colourful viewer" , "ever-changing patterns" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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