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Flyer gets sum wrong in puzzle (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bemuse

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'puzzle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'flyer gets sum wrong' is the wordplay.
'flyer' becomes 'emu' (emu is a type of bird).
'gets' is an insertion indicator.
'sum wrong' becomes 'bse' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'emu' going into 'bse' is 'BEMUSE'.

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bemuse that I've seen before include "Perplex" , "Fox" , "Bewilder or baffle" , "Confound" , "Confuse, bewilder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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