Ring empty and almost all egg-shaped (7)
I believe the answer is:
ovoidal
'egg-shaped' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'ring empty and almost all' is the wordplay.
'ring' becomes 'O' (letter resembling a ring).
'empty' becomes 'void' (similar in meaning).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'all' with its final letter removed is 'al'.
'o'+'void'+'al'='OVOIDAL'
(Another definition for ovoidal that I've seen is " Egg-shaped".)
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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