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Loads of drawings daughter chucked out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oodles

'loads' is the definition.
('oodles' can be a synonym of 'loads')

'drawings daughter chucked out' is the wordplay.
'drawings' becomes 'doodles' (I have seen 'Idle drawings ' mean 'doodles' so perhaps 'drawings' could also mean 'doodles').
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'chucked out' is a deletion indicator.
'doodles' with 'd' removed is 'OODLES'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for oodles that I've seen before include "Plenty" , "Informally, great quantities" , "Tons, scads" , "Very many, lots" , "Lots (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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