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Ralph Richardson's initial put, how funny! (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

throw up

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'ralph richardson's initial put how funny' is the definition.
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'richardson's initial put how funny' is the wordplay.
'initial' suggests taking the first letters.
'funny' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'richardson' is 'r'.
'r'+'put'+'how'='rputhow'
'rputhow' with letters rearranged gives 'THROW UP'.

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(Other definitions for throw up that I've seen before include "Reveal" , "Be sick" , "Produce - vomit" , "Abandon (something)" , "Vomit - relinquish" .)

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