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Rare way of being done? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

under

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'being done?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'rare way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'rare' could be 'r' (listed by Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'way' could be 'n' (Compass direction - North) and 'n' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for under that I've seen before include "Subordinate to; planted with" , "Dylan Thomas radio play ''.... Milk Wood''" , "See 7" , "Dylan Thomas wrote '. . . . . Milk Wood'" , "Sub" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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