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Klebb maybe lurking inside shot pedestrian (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prosaic

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'pedestrian' is the definition.
(I know that pedestrian can be written as prosaic)

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(Other definitions for prosaic that I've seen before include "Lacking poetry" , "Lacking originality" , "Banal" , "Lacking wit or imagination, dull" , "Dull -- commonplace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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