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Point to nuts appearing mottled (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spotty

'mottled' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'point to nuts' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 's' (South).
'to nuts' becomes 'potty' (I've seen this before).
's'+'potty'='SPOTTY'

'appearing' is the link.

(Other definitions for spotty that I've seen before include "Covered in rash" , "Suffering from acne" , "Inconsistent" , "Freckled" , "Pimply or covered with dots" .)

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