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Prone to disturb zho on trail (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

horizontal

'prone' is the definition.
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'to disturb zho on trail' is the wordplay.
'to disturb' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'disturbed' mean this).
'zho'+'on'+'trail'='zhoontrail'
'zhoontrail' is an anagram of 'HORIZONTAL'.

(Other definitions for horizontal that I've seen before include "Lying flat" , "even" , "Prone" , "What this answer isn't!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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