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I hadn’t turned round paintings (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tondi

'paintings' is the definition.
(plural of tondo, a circular painting)

'i hadn't turned round' is the wordplay.
'i hadn't' becomes 'I'd not' (both are contractions of 'I had not').
'turned round' is a reversal indicator.
'idnot' in reverse letter order is 'TONDI'.

(Other definitions for tondi that I've seen before include "paintings" , "carving in circles" , "Circular carvings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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