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Idiot Des vandalised unusual things (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oddities

'unusual things' is the definition.
(odd things or phenomena)

'idiot des vandalised' is the wordplay.
'vandalised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'idiot'+'des'='idiotdes'
'idiotdes' is an anagram of 'ODDITIES'.

(Other definitions for oddities that I've seen before include "Rum folk" , "So tidied up for strange people or things" , "Eccentric things or people" , "geeks" , "Unusual persons or things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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