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No good getting into silly sodding rows (4-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ding-dongs

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'rows' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'no good getting into silly sodding' is the wordplay.
'no good' becomes 'ng' (abbreviation).
'getting into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'silly' indicates an anagram.
'sodding' with letters rearranged gives 'dingdos'.
'ng' inserted inside 'dingdos' is 'DING-DONGS'.

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