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Indicated novel gets rude (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gestured

'indicated' is the definition.
(indicated through gestures)

'novel gets rude' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates an anagram.
'gets'+'rude'='getsrude'
'getsrude' with letters rearranged gives 'GESTURED'.

(Other definitions for gestured that I've seen before include "Signalled, motioned" , "Expressed through movement - gets rude (anag)" .)

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