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Fox's public display in road (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sexpot

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'fox's public' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'display in road' is the wordplay.
'display' becomes 'expo' (I've seen this before).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'road' becomes 'st'.
'expo' going within 'st' is 'SEXPOT'.

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(Other definitions for sexpot that I've seen before include "Babe" , "Sensually attractive person" , "Dishy type" , "Tempting dish" , "eg Craig? Lopez?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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