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Modest nun pirouettes in disguise (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unpretentious

'modest' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'nun pirouettes in disguise' is the wordplay.
'in disguise' indicates an anagram.
'nun'+'pirouettes'='nunpirouettes'
'nunpirouettes' is an anagram of 'UNPRETENTIOUS'.

(Other definitions for unpretentious that I've seen before include "airless?" , "Without airs and graces" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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