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Dries out wet clothes, it’s extremely strange (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

weirdest

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'extremely strange' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'dries out wet clothes' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'clothes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dries' with letters rearranged gives 'irdes'.
'irdes' put within 'wet' is 'WEIRDEST'.

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for weirdest that I've seen before include "Most strikingly odd" , "Most unearthly" , "Most uncanny!" , "Most bizarre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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