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Bring home round article made of clay (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earthen

'made of clay' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bring home round article' is the wordplay.
'bring home' becomes 'earn' (as in bringing home a wage).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'earn' placed around 'the' is 'EARTHEN'.

(Other definitions for earthen that I've seen before include "of the soil" , "Made of baked clay, perhaps ware" , "that's thrown in clay" , "Made of baked or fired clay" , "(Of pot) made of baked clay" .)

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