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Model tug made in scale (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magnitude

'scale' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'model tug made in' is the wordplay.
'model' indicates an anagram.
'tug'+'made'+'in'='tugmadein'
'tugmadein' anagrammed gives 'MAGNITUDE'.

(Other definitions for magnitude that I've seen before include "Eating mud (anag.)" , "Relative importance" , "Largeness or size" , "Dimensions" , "(A star's) brightness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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