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Recoil from report about distraught Romeo (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boomerang

'recoil from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'report about distraught romeo' is the wordplay.
'report' becomes 'bang' (I've seen this before**).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'distraught' indicates anagramming the letters.
'romeo' anagrammed gives 'oomer'.
'bang' enclosing 'oomer' is 'BOOMERANG'.

(Other definitions for boomerang that I've seen before include "Aboriginal throwing stick" , "Primitive weapon" , ""It keeps coming back"" , "Aboriginal weapon" , "Aboriginal projectile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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