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Lines of ten numbers reversed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sonnet

'lines' is the definition.
(poem of 14 lines)

'ten numbers reversed' is the wordplay.
'numbers' becomes 'nos' (no. is a kind of number).
'reversed' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ten'+'nos'='tennos'
'tennos' backwards is 'SONNET'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for sonnet that I've seen before include "Form of poem" , "Verse form of 14 lines" , "Short poem with 14 lines" , "Fourteen line poem" , "Tonnes (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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