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Fungus, with a drag, leads to great time (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puffball

'fungus' is the definition.
(I know this)

'a drag leads to great time' is the wordplay.
'a drag' becomes 'puff' ('puff' can be a synonym of 'drag').
'leads to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'great time' becomes 'ball' (I've seen this in another clue).
'puff'+'ball'='PUFFBALL'

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for puffball that I've seen before include "Spherical fungus" , "Large mushroom" , "Large fungus" , "Fungus that discharges a cloud of spores when mature" , "Simple life" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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