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Turn end of satire into laconic humour (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drollery

'humour' is the definition.
(I know that drollery is a type of fun)

'turn end of satire into laconic' is the wordplay.
'turn' becomes 'roll' (roll is a kind of turn).
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'laconic' becomes 'dry'.
The final letter of 'satire' is 'e'.
'roll'+'e'='rolle'
'rolle' placed into 'dry' is 'DROLLERY'.

(Other definitions for drollery that I've seen before include "jokes" , "display of humour" , "comedy" , "Jesting" , "Comical quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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