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Nothing is as strange or surprising (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astonishing

'surprising' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'nothing is as strange' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nothing'+'is'+'as'='nothingisas'
'nothingisas' anagrammed gives 'ASTONISHING'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for astonishing that I've seen before include "Greatly surprising" , "impressive" , "Amazing" , "Mind-boggling" .)

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