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Made clear one clue is convoluted, not new (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elucidated

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'made clear' is the definition.
('elucidate' can be a synonym of 'make clear')

'one clue is convoluted not new' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'is convoluted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'not new' becomes 'dated' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i'+'clue'='iclue'
'iclue' with letters rearranged gives 'eluci'.
'eluci'+'dated'='ELUCIDATED'

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(Another definition for elucidated that I've seen is " explained".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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