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Spotted having kiss in toboggan (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

speckled

'spotted' is the definition.
(speckling is a kind of spotting)

'kiss in toboggan' is the wordplay.
'kiss' becomes 'peck' (pecking is a kind of kissing).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'toboggan' becomes 'sled' (I've seen this before).
'peck' going within 'sled' is 'SPECKLED'.

'having' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for speckled that I've seen before include "The - Band (Sherlock Holmes story)" , "description of Holmes's band" , "Dappled" , "Spotted" , "Like some hens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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