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Idiotic number like one above (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asinine

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'idiotic' is the definition.
(both can mean foolish or silly)

'number like one above' is the wordplay.
'number' becomes 'nine' (nine is a number).
'like' becomes 'asi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'one above' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'nine' put after 'asi' is 'ASININE'.

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(Other definitions for asinine that I've seen before include "Is inane to be foolish" , "Idiotic" , "simple" , "Absurd" , "Daft" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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