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Heartless visit to America after ring (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

callous

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

'visit to america after ring' is the wordplay.
'visit' becomes 'call' (synonyms).
'to america' becomes 'US' (United States).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ring' becomes 'O' (O is the shape of a ring).
'us' after 'o' is 'ous'.
'call'+'ous'='CALLOUS'

(Other definitions for callous that I've seen before include "Emotionally hardened" , "Not feeling" , "Heartless" , "Insensitive, cruel" , "Hard-hearted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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