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Sign of neglect in horse and trap (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cobweb

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'sign of neglect' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'horse and trap' is the wordplay.
'horse' becomes 'cob' (type of horse).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'trap' becomes 'web' (web is a kind of trap).
'cob'+'web'='COBWEB'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cobweb that I've seen before include "Filaments spun by a spider" , "Spider's network" , "Dust (and fly) collector" , "fairy, in part" , "that's gathering dust?" .)

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