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Horse bypasses solitary bull (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baloney

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'bull' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'horse bypasses solitary' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'solitary' could be 'lone' (synonyms) and 'lone' is located in the answer.
'horse' could be 'bay' (bay is a kind of horse) and 'bay' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for baloney that I've seen before include "foolish talk!" , "rhubarb" , "Nonsense; lean yob (anag)" , "Cobblers" , "Tosh" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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