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Read about Moriarty, void of imagination (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreamy

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'read about moriarty void of imagination' is the definition.
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'read about moriarty void' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'void' means to remove the middle letters (the word is empty or void of its inside letters).
'moriarty' with its centre removed is 'my'.
'read' anagrammed gives 'drea'.
'drea'+'my'='DREAMY'

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(Other definitions for dreamy that I've seen before include "Unreal, very pleasant (colloq.)" , "delightful" , "Dishy" , "Vague - pensive" , "Lovely" .)

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