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Ring round being pompous (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orotund

'pompous' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ring round' is the wordplay.
'ring' becomes 'o'.
'round' becomes 'rotund' (I've seen this in other clues).
'o'+'rotund'='OROTUND'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for orotund that I've seen before include "Of speech, dignified and pompous" , "Full, round" , "Full in sound" , "Loud or pompous" , "Sonorous; pompous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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