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Lay low and fool around with a redhead! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

floor

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'lay low' is the definition.
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'fool around with a redhead' is the wordplay.
'fool' becomes 'flo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'around' becomes 'o' (a round letter).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a redhead' becomes 'r' (the head/first letter of 'red').
'flo'+'o'+'r'='FLOOR'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for floor that I've seen before include "Knock down; storey" , "fell" , "Knock down with force" , "Disconcert" , "Baffle, confound" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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