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He'll give you a good towelling (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terry

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'towelling' is the definition.
(terry is a kind of towelling)

'he'll give you a good' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'good' could be 'err' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'err' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for terry that I've seen before include "Loop of pile fabric; England footballer" , "(Rhyming) man's name" , "A man" , "Fabric with piles" , "Towelling fabric" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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