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Painting of gorilla oddly missing (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oil

'painting' is the definition.
(oil painting is a kind of painting)

'gorilla oddly missing' is the wordplay.
'oddly missing' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
The alternate letters of 'gorilla' are 'OIL'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for oil that I've seen before include "Lubricate; fuel" , "Liquid fuel" , "Type of fuel" , "Lubricating liquid" , "Valuable viscous liquid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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