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See? Innit funny, clever clogs! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

einstein

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'see? innit funny clever clogs' is the definition.
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'see? innit funny' is the wordplay.
'funny' indicates anagramming the letters.
'see'+'innit'='seeinnit'
'seeinnit' is an anagram of 'EINSTEIN'.

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(Other definitions for einstein that I've seen before include "Famous scientist of the nineties" , "one foreign genius" , "E=mc2 physicist" , "Set nine up for his theory of relativity" , "Albert . . . . . . . ., great scientist from nineties" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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