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The scent of the rose to turn to (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

otto

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'the scent' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'of the rose to turn to' is the wordplay.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'rose' is a reversal indicator.
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'turn' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'o'+'t'='ot'
'ot' backwards is 'to'.
'to' in reverse letter order is 'ot'.
'to' put after 'ot' is 'OTTO'.

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(Other definitions for otto that I've seen before include "Ger. name (palindrome)" , "A man" , "Rose oil; man's name" , "Possibly a German" , "Palindromic fragrance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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