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Madness appearing without Suggs's ultimate folly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inanity

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'folly' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for inanity that I've seen before include "Folly" , "Silliness in a tiny way" , "act of stupidity" , "Senselessness - frivolous utterance" , "Mindlessness" .)

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