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Unattached miss accepts ring (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loose

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'unattached' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'miss accepts ring' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'ring' could be 'o' (letter resembling a ring) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'miss' could be 'lose' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'lose' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for loose that I've seen before include "Release" , "escaped!" , "wobbly" , "Not strict" , "Promiscuous" .)

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