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Prospero to react showing blade (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rotor

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'blade' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'prospero to react showing' is the wordplay.
'showing' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'ROTOR' can be found hidden inside 'prospero to react'.

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(Other definitions for rotor that I've seen before include "Arm moving" , "Palindromic moving part" , "Mechanical turning part" , "Eddy" , "part of chopper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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