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Tramp's foot bandaged with towel? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drifter

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'tramp's' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'foot bandaged with towel?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'foot' could be 'ft' (synonyms) and 'ft' is located in the answer.
'towel?' could be 'drier' (something which dries) and 'drier' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for drifter that I've seen before include "kind of boat" , "Fishing boat; hobo" , "Vagrant - fishing boat" , "Ship - a tramp, possibly" , "Wanderer; fishing vessel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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