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Silly passport, possibly with nothing in it (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idiot

'silly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'passport possibly with nothing in it' is the wordplay.
'passport possibly' becomes 'ID' (a passport is identification).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'o' put into 'it' is 'iot'.
'id'+'iot'='IDIOT'

(Other definitions for idiot that I've seen before include "Dolt" , "Oaf" , "Ass, nincompoop" , "The - (Dostoievsky)" , "Unwise person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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