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Needs organising, being stupid (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dense

'stupid' is the definition.
('dense' can be similar in meaning to 'stupid')

'needs organising' is the wordplay.
'organising' indicates anagramming the letters.
'needs' anagrammed gives 'DENSE'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dense that I've seen before include "Needs (anag) -- thick" , "Compressed - obtuse" , "Stupid, crowded together" , "Thick; stupid" , "Stupid; compacted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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