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Futility of free spinet lessons? (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pointlessness

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

'free spinet lessons?' is the wordplay.
'free' is an anagram indicator.
'spinet'+'lessons'='spinetlessons'
'spinetlessons' with letters rearranged gives 'POINTLESSNESS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pointlessness that I've seen before include "Futility" , "that is demonstrated by blunt type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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