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Ginger nut consumed by Morning Star journalist? (3-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

red-headed

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

'nut consumed by morning star journalist?' is the wordplay.
'nut' becomes 'head' (nut can mean one's head).
'consumed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters get consumed).
'morning star journalist?' becomes 'reded' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'head' inserted into 'reded' is 'RED-HEADED'.

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(Other definitions for red-headed that I've seen before include "Like Prince Harry on top" , "Ginger" .)

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