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Confuse Asian visiting Nottinghamshire for audition (3,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tie in knots

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'nottinghamshire for audition' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'confuse asian visiting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'visiting' could be 'in' and 'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for tie in knots that I've seen is " Cause great confusion".)

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