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Ridiculous muscles seen on Murdo when stripped (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absurd

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'ridiculous' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'muscles seen on murdo when stripped' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'muscles' could be 'abs' (short for abdominal muscles) and 'abs' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'urd' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for absurd that I've seen before include "irrational" , "Derisory, preposterous" , "Highly illogical" , "Ludicrous, silly" , "Really ridiculous, silly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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