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Start to laminate, lining extra rooftop (6)

Ross

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wilder

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'start to laminate lining extra rooftop' is the definition.
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'start to laminate lining extra rooftop' is the wordplay.
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
'lining' indicates putting letters inside.
'extra' becomes 'wide' (cricket term).
'rooftop' becomes 'r' (top of the word 'roof').
The first letter of 'laminate' is 'l'.
'l' inserted into 'wide' is 'wilde'.
'wilde'+'r'='WILDER'

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(Other definitions for wilder that I've seen before include "Billy --, US film director and screenwriter" , "More primitive" , "Less conventional" , "American dramatist" .)

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