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Horse and trap showing sign of neglect (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cobweb

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'sign of neglect' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'horse and trap' is the wordplay.
'horse' becomes 'cob' (type of horse).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'trap' becomes 'web' (web is a kind of trap).
'cob'+'web'='COBWEB'

'showing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cobweb that I've seen before include "Spider silk" , "An arachnid's mesh" , "Literary fairy" , "Spun trap" , "Spider's lattice-work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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