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Planet spun on axis, reportedly? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

world

'planet' is the definition.
(I know that planet can be written as world)

'spun on axis reportedly?' is the wordplay.
'spun on axis' becomes 'whirled' (whirled around).
'reportedly?' shows a homophone (sound like) (I've seen 'reportedly' mean this).
'whirled' sounds like 'WORLD'.

(Other definitions for world that I've seen before include "good deal" , "The globe" , "Cosmos" , "public" , "place Columbus set sail from with 1a [OLD]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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