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Ring about sly brat somehow telling the future (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crystal ball

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'future' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ring about sly brat somehow' is the wordplay.
'ring' becomes 'call' (call on the phone).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'sly'+'brat'='slybrat'
'slybrat' anagrammed gives 'rystalb'.
'call' placed around 'rystalb' is 'CRYSTAL BALL'.

'telling the' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for crystal ball that I've seen before include "see the result first in here?" , "Gaze here to see the future" , "Fortuneteller's globe" , "Means of telling the future" , "Glass globe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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