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With dogged hope, put together a jumble of items (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hodgepodge

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'a jumble of items' is the definition.
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'with dogged hope put together' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'put together' indicates anagramming the letters (put the letter together correctly).
'dogged' put next to 'hope' is 'doggedhope'.
'doggedhope' with letters rearranged gives 'HODGEPODGE'.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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