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Fly round a wood in showy style (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flashy

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'fly round a wood in showy style' is the definition.
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'fly round a wood' is the wordplay.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a wood' becomes 'ash' (wood from an ash tree).
'fly' going around 'ash' is 'FLASHY'.

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(Other definitions for flashy that I've seen before include "Showy but empty; Has fly (anag.)" , "Showily stylish" , "Cheap and ostentatious" , "Gaudy or showy" , "Cheaply ostentatious" .)

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