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Nuts off the menu for Rover? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nomad

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'for rover?' is the definition.
(nomad is a kind of rover)

'nuts off the menu' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'nuts' could be 'mad' (informal term) and 'mad' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'no' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for nomad that I've seen before include "Roving person" , "One travels from place to place with no permanent home" , "A member of a wandering tribe" , "Roamer" , "Member of a wandering pastoral community" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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