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Blimey! Football entrance dead and wrinkled (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

corrugated

'wrinkled' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'blimey football entrance dead' is the wordplay.
'blimey' becomes 'cor' (British expression of surprise 'cor blimey!').
'football' becomes 'RU' (rugby union - type of rugby football).
'entrance' becomes 'gate' (type of entrance).
'dead' becomes 'd' (abbreviation in government records).
'cor'+'ru'+'gate'+'d'='CORRUGATED'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for corrugated that I've seen before include "groovy!" , "wrinkled" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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