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Run round the wood showing off (6)

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I believe the answer is:

flashy

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'off' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'run round the wood' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'fly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the wood' becomes 'ash' (wood from an ash tree).
'fly' placed around 'ash' is 'FLASHY'.

'showing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for flashy that I've seen before include "Cheap and showy" , "Showily stylish" , "Gaudy or showy" , "Cheap and ostentatious" , "Cheaply ostentatious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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