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Who goes to Balmoral after summer month? That is boring (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

auger

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'who goes to balmoral after summer month? that is boring' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'after summer month? that is boring' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'summer month?' becomes 'aug' (August).
'that is boring' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'aug' put next to 'er' is 'AUGER'.

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(Other definitions for auger that I've seen before include "Boring instrument" , "something that's boring" , "A drilling tool" , "Tool with spiral point for boring" , "Tool for boring holes in wood" .)

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