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Three bananas, round or straight? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hetero

'straight?' is the definition.
(short for heterosexual)

'three bananas round' is the wordplay.
'bananas' indicates anagramming the letters (informal term for mad).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'three' with letters rearranged gives 'heter'.
'heter'+'o'='HETERO'

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hetero that I've seen before include "Straight (abbr)" , "Person attracted to the opposite sex (abbr)" , "Prefix signifying other" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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