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Result of clot and me limbo dancing round south (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embolism

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'result of clot' is the definition.
'embolism' can be an answer for 'clot' (I have seen 'obstructive clot' mean 'embolism' so perhaps 'clot' could also mean 'embolism'). I'm not sure about the 'result of' bit.

'me limbo dancing round south' is the wordplay.
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'south' becomes 'S' (synonyms).
'me'+'limbo'='melimbo'
'melimbo' with letters rearranged gives 'embolim'.
'embolim' placed around 's' is 'EMBOLISM'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for embolism that I've seen before include "Arterial obstruction" , "Blockage by a blood clot" , "Obstruction of artery by blood clot" , "Obstruction of a blood vessel as by clot or bubble" , "Blockage of an artery" .)

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