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Squeal in nude tipsily in the dark (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uninformed

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'in the dark' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'squeal in nude tipsily' is the wordplay.
'squeal' becomes 'inform' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'tipsily' indicates an anagram (in a drunk or tipsy way).
'nude' with letters rearranged gives 'uned'.
'inform' put into 'uned' is 'UNINFORMED'.

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(Other definitions for uninformed that I've seen before include "in the dark" , "Not knowledgeable" , "Missing dope" , "Lacking intelligence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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