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Romeo lost in woods can't help losing it (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

corpses

'can't help losing it' is the definition.
(to corpse is to laugh during a performance)

'romeo lost in woods' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'lost in' is an insertion indicator.
'woods' becomes 'copses' (a copse is a small wood).
'r' going within 'copses' is 'CORPSES'.

(Other definitions for corpses that I've seen before include "remains" , "Goofs on stage" , "Dead bodies" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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