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Solicitor makes case for nonsense to repeat endlessly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trotout

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'solicitor makes case' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'nonsense to repeat endlessly' is the wordplay.
'nonsense' indicates an anagram.
'repeat' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'endlessly' becomes 'tout' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to'+'r'='tor'
'tor' anagrammed gives 'tro'.
'tro'+'tout'='TROTOUT'

'for' is the link.

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