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Haze affected toil in smoggy city (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lolita

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'haze' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'affected toil in smoggy city' is the wordplay.
'affected' indicates an anagram.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'smoggy city' becomes 'la' (Los Angeles. I am not sure about the 'smoggy' bit.).
'toil' anagrammed gives 'olit'.
'olit' inserted within 'la' is 'LOLITA'.

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(Other definitions for lolita that I've seen before include "1958 novel by Vladimir Nabokov" , "Literary nymphet" , "Seductive young girl" , "novel title" , "Nabokov's girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun, The Independent and The Times.
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