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Inventor who might be described as dotty or dashing? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morse

(Other definitions for morse that I've seen before include "10 [SLEUTH]" , "Walrus - TV detective" , "One who enjoyed solving code" , "Fictional inspector; code" , "Code using dots and dashes" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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