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Dry and press one, before short visit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ironical

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'dry' is the definition.
('ironical' can be a synonym of 'dry')

'press one before short visit' is the wordplay.
'press' becomes 'iron' (ironing is a kind of pressing).
'one' becomes 'i' (roman numeral).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'short visit' becomes 'cal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'iron'+'i'+'cal'='IRONICAL'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ironical that I've seen before include "Incongruous or wry" , "skittish" , "With humorously opposite meaning" , "Using mild sarcasm to imply a meaning other than the literal one" , "Involving satire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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