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Ignore American wearing his beard stupidly (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brush aside

'ignore' is the definition.
('brush aside' can be a synonym of 'ignore')

'american wearing his beard stupidly' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'us'.
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stupidly' indicates an anagram.
'his'+'beard'='hisbeard'
'hisbeard' with letters rearranged gives 'brhaside'.
'us' inserted into 'brhaside' is 'BRUSH ASIDE'.

(Another definition for brush aside that I've seen is " Disregard".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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