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Ida Logan could make an oblique line (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diagonal

'an oblique line' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ida logan could make' is the wordplay.
'could make' indicates an anagram.
'ida'+'logan'='idalogan'
'idalogan' with letters rearranged gives 'DIAGONAL'.

(Other definitions for diagonal that I've seen before include "Line from one corner to the opposite corner" , "A straight line joining two opposite corners" , "straight line from corner" , "Slanting, from corner to corner" , "Straight line on a slant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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