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Turned up about gold missing from bottom drawer? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retrousse

'turned up' is the definition.
(retrousse describes an attractively turned up nose)

'about gold missing from bottom drawer?' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' ('re' means regarding or about).
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'missing from' suggests deleting specific letters.
'bottom drawer?' becomes 'trousseau' (I've seen this before).
'trousseau' with 'au' taken away is 'trousse'.
're'+'trousse'='RETROUSSE'

(Other definitions for retrousse that I've seen before include "(Of noses) upturned" , "turned up in Nice" , "Of nose, turned up at tip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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