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The occasional googly? How strange! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oddball

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'strange' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the occasional googly?' is the wordplay.
'the occasional' becomes 'odd' (I've seen this before).
'googly?' becomes 'ball' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'odd'+'ball'='ODDBALL'

'how' is the link.

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(Other definitions for oddball that I've seen before include "Bold lad may be eccentric" , "Strange, bizarre" , "eccentric type" , "Eccentric person like peculiar sphere" , "Weird" .)

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