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Nth sortie amazingly and the most difficult? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thorniest

'the most difficult?' is the definition.
(thorny can mean difficult or complex)

'nth sortie amazingly' is the wordplay.
'amazingly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nth'+'sortie'='nthsortie'
'nthsortie' with letters rearranged gives 'THORNIEST'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for thorniest that I've seen before include "Most troublesome or prickly" , "most problematic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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