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Not obstructed, but having picnic stolen? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unhampered

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'stolen?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'not obstructed but having picnic' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'not' could be 'un' (prefix meaning 'not') and 'un' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hampered' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for unhampered that I've seen before include "Not weighed down" , "free" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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