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Skirt I located after thirty seconds? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mini

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'skirt i' is the definition.
'mini' can be an answer for 'skirt' (a mini skirt). I'm not certain of the 'i' bit.

'located after thirty seconds?' is the wordplay.
'located' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'thirty seconds?' becomes 'min' (half the word 'minute').
'i' after 'min' is 'MINI'.

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(Other definitions for mini that I've seen before include "Brief" , "type of garment" , "vehicle" , "Iconic economy car (introduced in 1959)" , "Small (of car, skirt, disk,bar or series)" .)

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