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To do up a tidy bundle is something abnormal (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oddity

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'something abnormal' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'to do up a tidy bundle' is the wordplay.
'to do up' becomes 'od' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bundle' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tidy' anagrammed gives 'dity'.
'od'+'dity'='ODDITY'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oddity that I've seen before include "Strange person/thing" , "Twelve months" , "Quirk" , "Quality of strangeness" , "Curious item" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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