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Face granny, extremely close (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

muggy

'close' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'face granny extremely' is the wordplay.
'face' becomes 'mug' (mug is a kind of face).
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'granny' with its centre taken out is 'gy'.
'mug'+'gy'='MUGGY'

(Other definitions for muggy that I've seen before include "close" , "Warm and humid" , "Damp and stifling" , "Unpleasantly humid" , "Warm and wet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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