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Coming to the point in a rounded way (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conical

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'coming to the point in a rounded way' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'coming to the point in a rounded way' is the wordplay.
'to the point' says to take the initial letters (an end or point of the word).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a rounded' becomes 'conia' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'way' becomes 'L' (abbreviation for left).
The initial letter of 'coming' is 'c'.
'c' put within 'conia' is 'conica'.
'conica'+'l'='CONICAL'

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(Other definitions for conical that I've seen before include "Shaped like a witch's hat" , "Classic shape of volcano" , "Shaped like volcano peak" , "Pointed" , "Like a wizard's hat" .)

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