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Horse with wind knocked over old duke’s pompadour? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hairdo

'pompadour?' is the definition.
(pompadour is a kind of hairdo)

'horse with wind knocked over old duke's' is the wordplay.
'horse with' becomes 'h' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'wind' becomes 'air' (air is a kind of wind).
'knocked over' is a reversal indicator.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'duke' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
'o'+'d'='od'
'od' backwards is 'do'.
'h'+'air'+'do'='HAIRDO'

(Other definitions for hairdo that I've seen before include "Possibly cut" , "Possibly a DA" , "Say, crew cut" , "Eg, beehive or mullet" , "The process of styling hirsute head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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