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Egg can't go out of shape (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

octagon

'shape' is the definition.
(octagon is a kind of shape)

'egg can't go out' is the wordplay.
'egg' becomes 'o' (an 'o' resembles an egg).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'cant'+'go'='cantgo'
'cantgo' with letters rearranged gives 'ctagon'.
'o'+'ctagon'='OCTAGON'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for octagon that I've seen before include "regular form" , "Geometric figure with eight sides" , "Eight-sided figure" , "plane figure" , "Figure of many sides" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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