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He plays havoc with well-proportioned limbs (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shapely

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'well-proportioned limbs' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'he plays havoc' is the wordplay.
'havoc' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'he'+'plays'='heplays'
'heplays' with letters rearranged gives 'SHAPELY'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shapely that I've seen before include "Attractively proportioned" , "Pleasingly formed" , "Well-proportioned" , "Well-turned" , "Looking good?" .)

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