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Trio with salon possibly thus described? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tonsorial

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'thus described?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.

'trio with salon possibly' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'trio' put after 'salon' is 'salontrio'.
'salontrio' is an anagram of 'TONSORIAL'.

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(Other definitions for tonsorial that I've seen before include "for barber" , "Barber's" , "using scissors for work?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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