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Solver with shellshock, more distraught (8,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sherlock holmes

'solver' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with shellshock more distraught' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'distraught' is an anagram indicator (an unsettled or upset order of the letters).
'shellshock'+'more' is 'shellshockmore'.
'shellshockmore' anagrammed gives 'SHERLOCK HOLMES'.

(Other definitions for sherlock holmes that I've seen before include "solver" , "Violin-playing detective" , "Baker Street sleuth" , "One who detected" , "Arthur Conan Doyle's detective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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