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Resort to guessing for this hint (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suggestion

'this hint' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'resort to guessing' is the wordplay.
'resort' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'guessing'='toguessing'
'toguessing' with letters rearranged gives 'SUGGESTION'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for suggestion that I've seen before include "one may be going to box?" , "Idea put forward for consideration" , "suspicion" , "Hint" , "Proposition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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