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Old, fat and pompous (7)

Ross

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orotund

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'pompous' is the definition.
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'old fat' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'fat' becomes 'rotund' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'o'+'rotund'='OROTUND'

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(Other definitions for orotund that I've seen before include "Full, clear and musical" , "Bombastic" , "Not dour (anag.)" , "booming" , "Loud or pompous" .)

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