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Like some legends making us turn a hair, surprisingly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arthurian

'like some legends' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'turn a hair surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'turn'+'a'+'hair'='turnahair'
'turnahair' is an anagram of 'ARTHURIAN'.

'making us' is the link.

(Other definitions for arthurian that I've seen before include "Of a legendary king" , "of legendary hero" , "Sort of legend" , "Like legends" , "Relating to the once and future king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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