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Swollen gut? I'd fancy that's about right (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turgid

'swollen' is the definition.
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'gut? i'd fancy that's about right' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'that's about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'gut'+'id'='gutid'
'gutid' with letters rearranged gives 'tugid'.
'tugid' going around 'r' is 'TURGID'.

(Other definitions for turgid that I've seen before include "(Of language) tediously pompous" , "Swollen; bombastic" , "Swollen; pompous (language)" , "'Pompous, inflated (6)'" , "Pompous (language); distended" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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