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Twang with fat, round backing (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drawl

'twang' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'with fat round backing' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation**).
'fat' becomes 'lard' (I've seen this before).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'backing' says the letters should be written backwards.
'w' placed into 'lard' is 'lward'.
'lward' back-to-front is 'DRAWL'.

(Other definitions for drawl that I've seen before include "Speak with lengthy vowel sounds" , "Speak lazily with long vowel sounds" , "Speak slowly with long vowels sounds" , "Jimmy Stewart spoke with one" , "Way of speaking slowly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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