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Starry-eyed cox I quit developing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quixotic

'starry-eyed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'cox i quit developing' is the wordplay.
'developing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cox'+'i'+'quit'='coxiquit'
'coxiquit' anagrammed gives 'QUIXOTIC'.

(Other definitions for quixotic that I've seen before include "Unworldly" , "Fancifully impractical" , "Absurdly impractical" , "Chivalrous and romantic like Cervantes' Don" , "Like a Cervantes character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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