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Drawing of box with nothing in it (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cartoon

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'drawing' is the definition.
(type of drawing)

'box with nothing in it' is the wordplay.
'box' becomes 'carton' (carton is a kind of box).
'with nothing' becomes 'o' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in it' is an insertion indicator.
'carton' enclosing 'o' is 'CARTOON'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cartoon that I've seen before include "Amusing or satirical drawing" , "eg 'Tom & Jerry'" , "Comic strip" , "Witty drawing" , "Humorous drawing or film of a succession of them" .)

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