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It's incomprehensible to Tommy! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rot

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'tommy' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'it's incomprehensible to' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'incomprehensible' indicates an anagram (an incomprehensible jumbling of the letters).
'to' anagrammed gives 'ot'.
'r'+'ot'='ROT'

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(Other definitions for rot that I've seen before include "Paradise" , "Gradual decline" , "Decay in grotesque way" , "Deterioration" , "Decay or disintegrate" .)

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