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Fly round a tree in cockily spectacular style (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flashy

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'cockily spectacular style' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'fly round a tree' is the wordplay.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a tree' becomes 'ash' (ash is a kind of tree).
'fly' enclosing 'ash' is 'FLASHY'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for flashy that I've seen before include "Ostentatious - glittering" , "Vulgar" , "Loud" , "Gaudy or showy" , "Cheap and showy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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