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Sensible as Doreen is silly? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reasoned

'sensible' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'as doreen is silly?' is the wordplay.
'is silly?' indicates anagramming the letters.
'as'+'doreen'='asdoreen'
'asdoreen' is an anagram of 'REASONED'.

(Other definitions for reasoned that I've seen before include "Argued, concluded" , "Worked out through logic and sense" , "Logically derived" , "Dear ones (anag)" , "Spoke logically, thought and drew conclusions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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