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Little possibility of losing weight (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fat chance

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'losing weight' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'little possibility' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'fat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'possibility' becomes 'chance' (chance is a kind of possibility).
'fat'+'chance'='FAT CHANCE'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for fat chance that I've seen before include "Little prospect" , "Slim hope, paradoxically!" , "that won't happen" , "It will never happen!" , "Slender hope (odd though that sounds)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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