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Group of engineers with ruddy huge screen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reredos

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'screen' is the definition.
(a reredos is an ornamental screen)

'group of engineers with ruddy huge' is the wordplay.
'group of engineers' becomes 're' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ruddy' becomes 'red' (synonyms).
'huge' becomes 'os' (abbreviation for outsize).
're'+'red'+'os'='REREDOS'

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(Other definitions for reredos that I've seen before include "Wall decoration behind altar" , "Back of fireplace" , "Red rose could show a screen behind the altar" , "Church feature" , "Hanging in church" .)

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