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Knight stopping revision of a mutual description of the Fall? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

autumnal

'description of the fall?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'knight stopping revision of a mutual' is the wordplay.
'knight' becomes 'n' (chess abbreviation).
'stopping' indicates putting letters inside (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'revision of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'mutual'='amutual'
'amutual' is an anagram of 'autumal'.
'n' put inside 'autumal' is 'AUTUMNAL'.

(Other definitions for autumnal that I've seen before include "in a particular part of the year" , "Seasonal" , "Of the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" , "To do with the harvest season or fall" , "Characteristic of the fall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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