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Grand British housing wrecked sower's theories (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

guesswork

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'grand british housing wrecked sower's theories' is the definition.
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'grand british housing wrecked sower's' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'british' becomes 'uk' (Great Britain).
'housing' indicates putting letters inside.
'wrecked' indicates an anagram.
'sowers' with letters rearranged gives 'esswor'.
'uk' enclosing 'esswor' is 'uesswork'.
'g'+'uesswork'='GUESSWORK'

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(Other definitions for guesswork that I've seen before include "Speculation" , "Conjecture" , "Formation of opinion without definite knowledge" , "Supposition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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